Stiletto Heights

just in time for the holidays...

2009-11-23T16:19:00.003-05:00

Just in time for the holidays....a new art book called "faded beauty" featuring new work from the past year, each page features a different piece in its entirety as well as it's title.

Also available in my shop....the prettiest gift tags ever (admittedly I am biased).

other new goodies such as new prints etc are also available.

For those who celebrate, have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

xoxo
jenn

new blank note card sets

2009-10-12T12:30:00.003-04:00

(I swear soon I will be out of this all work and no fun blog posts....getting ready for a show this weekend has me consumed with new stuff)

new blank note card sets now available in my shop

stickers....

2009-09-30T14:17:00.003-04:00

new in my shop, ACEO sticker sets. Each sticker is 2.5x3.5 inches, the size of an aceo!!

little update

2009-09-22T10:18:00.002-04:00

I have just loads and loads of book reviews to start posting, been reading like a mad woman...

but first, I have done 3 new small original collages on canvas panel, they are all 5x7 in size. It has been ages since some small one of a kind pieces have been in my shop, so I am really excited about these. The first has already been listed and the others will be posted throughout the day.

xoxoxo

shop update

2009-09-04T10:05:00.003-04:00

dusting ye olde blog off.....soon I will be posting some book reviews and other assorted goodness. For now though just a few quick things that are new in my shop, new postcards, new bookmarks, and bookplates.

I am very excited about these.

♥
Jenn

blatant self promotion

2009-05-02T16:34:00.001-04:00

Saturday Night Specials!

http://stilettoheights.etsy.com

Prints Buy One Get One Free!! Just write which print you would like in the notes to seller.

Everything Else 20% off

Write SNS in the message to seller and wait for a new invoice before paying.

Original collage art, Digital Collage Sheets, All New blank card sets & new birthday cards, mini prints on wood and more!!

xoxo

jenn

sleepless nights

2009-05-01T09:57:00.003-04:00

so for what seems like forever I have been having a terrible bout of insomnia...you know the kind where you fall right to sleep because you are so tired, but then wake after about an hour or two and cannot go back to bed.

Now, I blame this pattern on equal parts allergies, panic, too much caffeine, and an imagination that wakes me with stories playing through my head, even at 3:00am.

After a few weeks of this pattern things start to get strange, noises seem both louder and further away, colors are brighter....that bright spring grass can seem almost menacing even during the day.

All that being said....I sort of like it, those hours when it seems no one else in the world is awake and you dream or you think you're dreaming even when you are awake.

Anyway....that's what the pieces posted today are all about, that fine line between awake and asleep, between madness and dreaming.

They will be posted in the shop later today.

xoxo
j

um, is this thing on?

2009-04-30T14:21:00.003-04:00

ok, I am breaking radio silence for the first time in approximately one million years...and here I am just going to post a bunch of pictures of things in my shop.

I know, I know...super lazy.

but bear with me, this is a baby step, me sticking my toe back in the tepid swimming pool that is my blog.

Anyway, do expect to see a touch more of me. There are adventures to be had and shared and by golly blog-landia I will be sharing them with you.

but for now....here is just a taste of what I have been doing. Tons and Tons of new card sets as well as new aceos on stretched canvas...they are completely adorable and I am totally in love with aceos all over again.

xoxo
j

what kind of monster are you?

2008-10-23T10:27:00.001-04:00

You Are a Ghost

Mysterious, independent, and often unseen - you always do things your own way.

You are introverted, shy, and even a little secretive.

People are dying to know you better, but you're a difficult person to know.

A lot of your contributions to the world are left invisible and unfelt.

Your greatest power: Blending in really well

Your greatest weakness: Being too passive

You play well with: Witches

What Kind of Monster Are You?

SNS

2008-10-18T16:36:00.002-04:00

I've been blog absent again, but I have been reading a lot and working a lot....oh and I am totally obsessed with Twitter, so you can always stalk me there for tons of random updates per day.

http://www.twitter.com/stilettoheights

in other shop related news...

Saturday Night Specials!

http://stilettoheights.etsy.com

Prints Buy One Get One Free!! Just write which print you would like in the notes to seller.

Everything Else 20% off!!

Please write SNS in the message to seller and wait for a new invoice before paying.

xoxo

jenn

been working.....

2008-09-29T16:28:00.003-04:00

it's been a while since I posted the pieces that I am working on...

well I finished a large scale custom piece several days ago, it was 3feetx3 feet....and about halfway through the process I once again fell in love with art.

not that I ever fell out of love with art, but it was like a re-awakening of my creativity, all of a sudden there was so much for me to do, to say.

So with that new found excitement I worked on these two new pieces, they are each 12x12 and are done on stretched canvas and are available in le shop.

I am going to try my hardest to blog each day this week, if I do that will mean my 500th blog post will be on Friday, that's just crazy.

hope you all enjoyed your weekend, ours was crazy and involved the mean cheese, and one little Scribble who drank too much water and ended up peeing all over his bed, his favorite toy, and himself.

yup, this is quite the life I lead.

xoxo
jenn

(3.5 hours until gossip girl!)

Saturday Night Special Sales

2008-09-27T16:50:00.000-04:00

Saturday Night Specials!

http://stilettoheights.etsy.com

Prints Buy One Get One Free!! Just write which print you would like in the notes to seller.

Everything Else 20% off!!

Please write SNS in the message to seller and wait for a new invoice before paying.

original art, coffee table books, postcards, blank note card sets, reproduction prints, pocket mirrors, button sets and more!

xoxo

jenn

R.I.P Book Challenge

2008-09-25T07:54:00.004-04:00

morning....

ok for the first time in my whole life I am going to take part in a book/reading challenge....yup, normally I shy away from these things as I tend to buckle under the pressure of "having" to do anything specific at any certain time. This time though, I have faith.

You see my friend Carl hosts a yearly reading challenge called "R.I.P", and it runs from September 1 - October 31st.

now, as you can tell I am late jumping on this bandwagon, but truthfully I have been preparing for this all summer, mistakingly I decided to read the book Peyton Place at the beginning of September, thinking I could fly though it and move on to the spooky stuff, but little did I know that the classic Peyton Place would not be the delicious page turner I thought it would be, now it does fulfill a bit of that longing for a NH autumn and Indian Summer, but that is about it.

anyway, moving on to the books I will be reading once I polish off the last 75 pages of Peyton Place....keep in mind I will most likely not finish all of these before October ends, but I am going to stretch this into November if I have to.

1- Audrey Rose by Frank De Felitta - now I know this was a movie but I never saw it and have been telling myself I am going to read the book since I was 15, so now I am finally doing it. I love the thought of the reincarnation mystery at the center of this story...plus I have a weakness for any book/movie that has a creepy kid in it

2- The White Room by A.J Mathews it's about a haunted house in Maine....do I need to say anymore? I mean really, it's a haunted house book so that means even if it's bad it's probably pretty good and it takes place in Maine, the creepiest of all the New England states (not really sure why I am making that proclamation...moist likely because it takes place there, if it took place in Rhode Island I would probably say the same thing about it). Oh, and the premise is a family who has traveled to Maine so the wife can heal from a nervous breakdown. I love crazy ladies, they remind me of my mom.

3- Five Victorian Ghost Novels - this is an anthology of a bunch of books I never heard of by authors I never heard of, but the price was right and it's Victorian!!!!! Hello??? Perfect for me!! I will probably only read one of the books contained, right now I am leaning towards "The Ghost Of Guir House" by Charles Willing Beale

4- Coraline - Neil Gaiman - this is the graphic novel of Coraline with art by P Craig Russel who just happens to be from Ohio and one of my favorite artists. To be fair, I read the Coraline novel a few years ago and loved it (again, creepy little girl is involved), so this reading of the graphic novel will be a good palette cleanser in between "book books", For those of you who are unfamiliar with Coraline or only think of Neil Gaiman as "The Dream King", you should dash out to pick this book up, it's like Narnia but replace the Jesus Lion from Narnia with your worst nightmares and people with button eyes, and there you go.

5- A Great And Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray - I have been literally DYING to start reading this series, it's young adult fiction which I tend to love when it is done well, and the story is about a girl named Gemma at boarding school in the late 1800's. Oh, and she sees horrible visions of the future. Gotta love it.

{wow, this is a lot of books...yikes}

6- The Host by Stephanie Meyer, now as I mentioned yesterday I spent a part of my summer reading the (hot) book series Twilight by Stephanie Meyer, now normally I am not too into vampires and manpires (except all things Buffy or 30 days of night), but the Twilight series truly filled the hole in my heart that Buffy and Angel left. That being said, The Host is Stephanie Meyer's first foray into Adult fiction....and yes, it's about an alien and it's sort of Sci-Fi, but I have faith that she can make me care about an alien the way she made me care about a vampire family and wolves in the Twiloght books.

7- The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch - by Neil Gaiman, Michael Zulli and Todd Klein. I needed to through in another graphic novel into the mix and this one had me captivated just by reading the line on the back of the book "Come, come hear the strange and terrible tale of Miss Finch an exacting woman befallen by mystery and abduction deep under the streets of London"

So there you have it, that is what I will be reading, you know when I am not busy looking up pictures of my Gossip Girl boyfriend Ed Westwick.

what's this....two days in a row???

2008-09-24T07:37:00.004-04:00

morning y'all

hey thanks for welcoming me back to the blogosphere with open arms (or open laptops as the case may be), it really did make me feel good to realize that I was missed.

Also big thanks to those of you who sent me little emails wondering where I had gone to and if I was coming back. I did receive a funny one from someone saying that the Internet rumor was that I was with child and that is why I was not blogging.

in answer to that question.....NO, NOT WITH CHILD.

my body and babies are like oil and water, they definitely do not mix.

so the burning question being, where was I? Why the blog sabbatical?? Well to be truthful many of you know about the nasty comments I was getting on a regular basis, well they got the best of me and I stepped back for a while.

Not to get into it again but the breaking point was when "someone" left a mean note saying that they hoped my sick dog was taken away from me because it was obvious I did not know how to take care of him.

it sort of broke my heart, my dog was sick for months, it was hard to go through and a constant worry in my mind and to have that said to me...well, you know.

So I became a blog recluse, I did a lot of reading ( I plowed through the whole Twilight series in no time....I am really obsessed and counting the nanoseconds until the movie) focussed on art, and even started drawing again, hell I even opened a new etsy shop for my illustrations, it's called Painted Sketchbook.

But...though I kept busy, I missed you, I missed my blog. I found myself saying things like "wow if people were filled with the icing that you put on Toaster Strudel, I would totally be a vampire"...and after saying such profound/ridiculous things I realized that I should be blogging those things, not pestering my bubs at 6:00 in the morning with them, right?

so there you have it...a little of this and a little of that.

see you tomorrow.

xoxo

PS- I have tons and tons of new stuff in my shop, including new blank note card sets, you should go look.

Happy Birthday Scribble!!

2008-09-23T07:45:00.003-04:00

My little love pups turns one year old today, I can hardly believe it....I have to wonder just when and if he will lose that insane puppy energy he has.

oh and for those of you who were following along during all of Scribble's sicknesses....he is doing much better (knock on wood) he has been well for about a month and a half.

My blog is coming back with regular postings starting this week...stay tuned for lots of stuff about books, my shop, bad tv addictaion...cough...Gossip Girl....cough

and so much more.

until then, enjoy my cute puppy.

Saturday Night Special Sale!

2008-08-09T16:50:00.001-04:00

Saturday Night Specials!

http://stilettoheights.etsy.com

Sale tonight is BUY ONE GET ONE FREE on all Reproduction Prints!

(just write which free one you would like in the message to seller)

Everything Else, 20% off!!

original art, coffee table books, postcards, blank note card sets, reproduction prints, pocket mirrors, button sets and more!

xoxo

jenn

Petite Heights Sunday July 20, 2008

2008-07-20T09:44:00.002-04:00

click image to enlarge
art- keith cousineau
story - keith cousineau & jennifer gordon

A special thank you to all you Petitte Heights fans out there, just wanted to let you know that we will see you in the Fall with all new Petite Heights "season 2"

thanks again for all your love and support!

xoxo
jenn & keith

Petite Heights Sunday July 13 2008

2008-07-13T10:30:00.001-04:00

click image to enlarge
art- keith cousineau
story - keith cousineau & jennifer gordon

Petite Heights {July 6, 2008)

2008-07-06T08:35:00.003-04:00

please click on image to enlarge
art - keith cousineau
story - keith cousineau and jennifer gordon

more exciting news...

2008-07-03T07:30:00.003-04:00

I know, I know...I take a blog vacation and then I come back and am all business....but this just proves I have been busy with stuff.

Thanks to all of you who read and sent me emails about the great interview I did over at Stainless Steel Droppings, if you get the time, go on over and check it out. The blog is one of my new favorites!

Today's announcement is something some of you already know, a while back the talented Lori of Heart Works By Lori asked me to collaborate with her on a line of jewelry. I was both flattered and intimidated, as Lori is wonderfully talented and the caliber of artists she works with is high. She even has a collection of jewelry in the Museum Of Fine Arts, in Boston.

So, after about a millisecond of thought I immediately told her yes!!

The images today are just a few of the wonders she now has in her shop, I will be listing a few in my shop later on as well, but Lori has the majority of the pieces available.

She has even been kind enough to run a contest where you can win of the necklaces, you can find that here. Make sure you head there and leave a comment and you just might win!

The collection is still in it's early stages, it will be expanding in the coming weeks.

Speaking of collections, the aceos I showcased a few days ago are all but sold out, and a new set is making their way into the shop in the coming days as well, so keep your eyes peeled.

(not actually peeled mind you, as that seems disgusting, and I do have a severe eye phobia)

more tomorrow.

xoxo
jenn

Name Game and Other Assorted Stuff

2008-07-02T07:33:00.001-04:00

Good morning!!! First, I want to let you all know that I have been featured on the most amazing blog, called Stainless Steel Droppings, the interview is pretty extensive and it's a great feature.

Please if you get the chance you should check it out, you can read all about my work, my obsessive love for comics and books, and even memories of a "Barbie" themed fashion show I went to as a child.

Carl, the genius behind Stainless Steel is doing a wonderful scholarship fund-raiser for a dear friend that passed away as well, I am honored to be among the people that he chose to spotlight during this special week.

so...since hopefully you will all be heading over there to read that, I will keep today's post short, it is a meme with a google based theme, strangely my answers all very spot on in some cases.

1: Type in “[your name] needs” in the Google search:

Jennifer needs to be in a mental health facility right now ...

(lol....really, I do)

2: Type in “[your name] looks like” in Google search:

Jennifer looks like she just stepped out of the painting and into life

(aww, thanks)

3: Type in “[your name] does” in Google search:

Jennifer does a little dance

(yup, every day I dance at least a little)

4: Type in “[your name] hates” in Google search:

Jennifer Hates The Homeless.

(well that's just not true)

5: Type in “[your name] goes to” in Google search:

Jennifer goes into the hot tub in her orange dress

(I seem like such a free spirit)

6: Type in “[your name] loves” in Google search:

To All the Haters: Jennifer Loves Her Body!

(not really true, but I wish it were)

7 Type in “[your name] eats” in Google search:
Jennifer eats too many sweets.

(again...yes, very true)

8: Type in “[your name] has” in Google search:

Jennifer Has Been Lobotomised

(nope, not yet)

9: Type in “[your name] died” in Google Search:

after an imaginary dance with Dusty and still in his arms, Jennifer died of cardio myopathy

(this is the most beautiful thing I have ever read)

10: Type in “[your name] will” in Google search:

Jennifer will be making an 'unofficial' appearance as Princess Cassima

(you can call me princess for short)

Petite Heights - July 1st 2008

2008-07-01T08:28:00.002-04:00

(please click image to enlarge)
art and story -keith cousineau
wonder woman muse- jennifer gordon

Are You There Blog...it's me, Margaret?

2008-06-30T12:07:00.002-04:00

Hello all....

so anyone know what my blog title is a reference to, or am I showing my age in a really horrible way.

anyway, I know I have been missing in action but I swear to you all....I've been working on something that was taking a chunk of time.

It has long been a dream of mine to self publish a small book of selected poems and art to accompany it....the problem being....I am petrified to show my poetry to anyone.

it was a conundrum

now, I know....I know when I am scared of something that means it is something I really need to do.

so, as of right now, my first small collection of Poetry is available in my shop, it is called "Words & Pictures" and I hope you like it very much.

phew...ok, it's scary even blogging about it.

anyway...I have more exciting news that I will be posting about tomorrow and the new Petite Heights strip will be posted later today as well.

xoxoxo
jenn

(pictures are some of the pages from the book)

Petite Heights? part II

2008-06-29T08:30:00.003-04:00

good morning/day to you all!

Petite Heights will be posted sometime later on Monday...yes, we know that this is 2 weeks in a row that our Sunday comic strip is late, and I, Keith, the artist apologize profusely.

As with last weeks family visit, life got in the way. Due to the summer's increased scheduling dilemmas, I am announcing the official "summer vacation" for Petite Heights, as I adjust to a new work schedule while juggling a boat load of time consuming endeavors, I have found that there is just not enough time in the day to do all that needs to get done and still somehow find time to sleep.

July 22nd 2007 was our first Petite Heights web comic, for total so far of 49 strips. I could cheat and say that the "best of" classic Petite Heights counted as three strips...but I won't.

We swore to ourselves that we would do this for a year, so come July 27th...Petite Heights will be on a Hiatus until the last weekend of September or first week of October.

This will give me time to re-energize the strip and get ahead of schedule, allowing me to not rush my work. To be honest I am not happy with what I have done, the jokes are funny, but I feel like I have been rushing the art side of things and it shows.

So...we will march towards the end of our first full year and come fall get ready for Petite Heights Season II.

thanks so much for all your kind words and encouragement.

Keith
(aka Jenn's Bubs)

New ACEOS

2008-06-27T11:28:00.003-04:00

new aceos are {finally} coming to my shop....the first of them will be posted sometime today....

xoxoxoxoxoxo
jenn

(the long awaited) Petite Heights June 26 2008

2008-06-26T16:15:00.002-04:00

(click on image to enlarge)
art -keith cousineau
story- jennifer gordon and keith cousineau

sorry for the lateness in posting...life got in the way

Petite Heights??

2008-06-22T09:12:00.003-04:00

Petite Heights will be posted either late today or sometime tomorrow....we have a surprise house guest arriving in a couple hours...it's my bubs' father, in town on business, that being said, we are spending the day with him.

Also....I have extended my sale to last for the whole weekend, so check it out.

xxoo
jenn

sale!!!

2008-06-21T18:37:00.002-04:00

Saturday Night Specials!

http://stilettoheights.etsy.com

REPRODUCTION PRINTS - BUY ONE GET ONE HALF OFF!
EVERYTHING ELSE - 20% OFF

PLEASE WRITE SNS IN THE MESSAGE TO SELLER AND WAIT FOR A NEW INVOICE
Write SNS in the message to seller and WAIT for a new invoice

original art, coffee table books, postcards, blank note card sets, reproduction prints, tote bags, buttons and more!

xoxo
jenn

more in a few days, there has been a puppy emergency (under control now after another vet visit and tons of medicine) and a surprise house guest this weekend, I swear I will be back next week with lots of excitement....until then, check out my sale!!

where am I??

2008-06-19T08:03:00.002-04:00

I am the guest blogger at the esteemed Funky Carter site today!!

a "celebration" of my 15 years since graduation anniversary.

wowsers I feel old.

psssssssssst....

2008-06-18T15:05:00.001-04:00

I know I have been a no show lately, but with good reason...

I did do a little shop update today, tons and tons of new black note cards, they are more fabulous than I could have hoped.

here is a set, the rest are in my sho p.

xxoo

PS-miss you all.

Petite Heights Sunday June 15, 2008

2008-06-15T09:22:00.002-04:00

(please click on image to enlarge)
art- keith cousineau
story-keith cousineau & jennifer gordon

**please excuse my photo of Keith's wonderful artwork, the angle makes the lines look uneven...which they ARE NOT....sorry- Jenn

Book Love

2008-06-12T07:01:00.007-04:00

Morning!

ok first...an update on Scribble, he is doing much better, he's a trooper so I knew he would be fine, it's just going through the cycle.

For those who expressed concern and asked why the poor puppy was always sick, well the answer is IBS, yup...just like a nervous little person might get. We just have to be very careful, as he is small and things can go from bad to worse, awful quick. We do the best we can to make sure it does not happen, he never gets new food, no people food ever, and the only treats are special "easy on the stomach" treats.

But, nevertheless, he's a dog and he will lick the ground and eat dirt occasionally, so bad things happen. Also if he gets very upset, like the other day on a walk he came face to face with his first "mean dog" in this case it was a giant barking thing, chained up outside the neighbors house. You see we share a big looping driveway and we were walking up the path and the dog darted out from behind the house and "came after" Scribble.

My little puppy love was safe, but PETRIFIED. I had never seem him like that.

It was both funny and sad to see him bolt back down the path the way we came, pulling me on the leash behind him.

So...that's the story on Scribble, he's good...but neurotic. Sort of like me.

Now on to my latest treasure...As you know I am a bookish sort of girl, and I have to say if I was only allowed to buy one type of thing for the rest of my life (besides art supplies) it would have to be books....yup, they even beat out fashion.

Crazy, I know.

Shortly after moving to our house and out of the ghetto, my bubs and I were wandering the new town when we stumbled upon what could possibly be, the bookstore of my dreams, the kind I always pretended I owned when I was little and would spend hours playing "bookstore". The shop, quite simply called "The Little Bookstore" is up a cobblestone street and resides in an old house, with a beautiful slate roof. Run by and elderly man, the place is filled with books and other vintage posters and whatnot.

I could spend hours there.

A couple months ago when going through the children's books I found the most beautiful book I had seen in ages, "The Royal Book Of Ballet", printed in Italy the book is basically a fairy tale book, telling the stories of the great ballets, Swan Lake, Giselle, Sleeping Beauty.

The illustrations were like peaking into dreams I wish I could have.

just stunning.

But, being a very starving artist, buy the book was just not really an option. It has been in my head ever since. So the other day was the 2 month anniversary of our wedding, and my bubs and I ventured into town for ice cream and books, and my dear bubs bought it for me.

It's mine now, and I could just die. Isn't it dreamy??

And Finally...

2008-06-10T07:11:00.002-04:00

the heat wave here is over, or at least it seems to be. Woke up to a crazy and stormy morning, and I can already feel the difference in the air.

Things have been ok here, my poor baby Scribble is sick once again, he seems in good spirits but slightly "off", I have been really wrapped up in him and making sure he is ok, so that made up a huge chunk of the weekend.

So think good thought for my little puppy love.

The other parts were filled with me seeing Sex and the City (again), yup, I had to see it again because the first time I could not pay enough attention to the fashion, and I have to say, I am glad I saw it again.

(still fabby...Jennifer Hudson...still sucks...clothes...AMAZING)

Anyway, I also bought the movie The Company, directed by Robert Altman. Now this is a wonderful and lyrical piece of eye candy, but I only would suggest watching the movie if you are a fan of ballet or dance in general, as it truly seems more like a documentary than a fictional film.

Other than that, life has been normal, been creating new pieces for a gallery in the Cleveland area and trying my best to keep busy.

I have a bunch of new things in my brain that I would like to get out onto canvas or paper...so we will see where that takes me.

Sorry this is short, but I have to dash of the computer as another impending storm is thundering over my head,

Photo today is of a new piece on 10x10 artist hard board (fabulous to work with), it is ready to hang and does not need framing.

It is called "Keeping Your Flowers Pressed In a Book"

Petite Heights Sunday June 8, 2008

2008-06-08T08:04:00.002-04:00

(please click on image to enlarge)
art- keith cousineau
story-keith cousineau & jennifer gordon-cousineau

Survey Says...

2008-06-05T07:40:00.003-04:00

1) Do you think you’re a serious person?
yes, like a heart attack

2) Have you kissed somebody in the last 5 weeks?
duh...of course I have

3) Who was the last persons house you went to besides your own?
not sure (that's sad) in my defense I havce horrible animal allergies and cannot go to many people's homes

4) Miss someone?
Yes.

5) Whats on your mind?
work to do, doctor to find, 5 more miles on the bike to ride later

6) Next vacation?
hopefully Paris next year.

7) Do you like someone right now?
yup

8 ) Listening to music?
Damien Rice

9) What are you doing tomorrow?
etsy, packaging orders, riding the bike, walking the dog, eating ice cream, fighting the 90 degree heat

10) Favorite movie?
Picnic at Hanging Rock

From my childhood? Eddie and the Cruisers or Romeo and Juliet

For crying? The Notebook....I cry so much during this I almost throw up. I love it.

12) Favorite color?
red, black, and purple...but not together, I'm not a member of the Red Hat Society.

13) What did you do last night?
watched part of So You Think You Can Dance...drank a little tequilla

15) Have you ever bought anything from a sex shop?
in case my mom ever sees this, I will say no comment

16) What’s the color of you’re shirt you are wearing?
blue

17) What did you do Sunday?
Sex and The City!!!! Nothing else matters

18 ) Do you have any bruises?
yup, on my arm from where the mean cheese pinched me and giggled....I did not giggle, I screamed "ow"

19) What were you doing at noon yesterday?
taking my birth control pill or as I call it "No Republican Babies" you know, just in case my bubs has Republican DNA

20) How long does it take you to get ready?
like an hour, but I am leisurely

21) Have you been outside today?
not yet

22) The last text you received on your cell was from?
what is this text you speak of??? I actually don't have a cell phone

23) What did it say?
n/a

24) Last movie you watched?
Flashdance (at home) Indiana Jones (theater)

25) Who do you miss?
mommy, and daddy

26) Are you wearing any jewelry?
wedding band and engagement ring

27) Last person you hugged?
my bubs, and before that Scribble, and yes, I consider him a person

28 ) The last place you went to?
book store

29) Who/What made you upset today?
my skin being all splotchy and itchy made me upset...I hate the heat

30) Do you sing in the shower?
yes, in my shower I am a Broadway Baby

32) Have you ever been in love?
duh

33) Favorite band?
E Street Band, or the Tennessee Two

Right now? Flogging Molly (but not the current CD which sucks)

I can listen to all of the time? Damien Rice, Johnny Cash

34) If you could fix things with anyone who would it be and why?
hello can of worms, would you like to be opened??? No, not today.

35) Last book you read?

Amsterdam- James McEwan

36) Do you go to school?
School of Hard Knocks

37) What color are your bedroom walls?
cream with chocolate trip. I rent, so they will stay this way

38 ) What should you be doing right now?
making stuff and or selling or packaging stuff.

39) Do you get along with your parents?
most of the time my mommy and I get a long, but we drive each other crazy

40) Whats the car of your dreams?
one that's driven by someone else.

41) Ever wanted to be a teacher?
Yes

42) Ever been stuck in an elevator?
No.

43) What do your friends call you?
Batgirl

44) First thing you notice in the opposite sex?
Whether they are fat or not, then clothes

45) Favorite physical feature on yourself?

my eyes, or my boobs

46) Has anyone ever told you they like you more than a friend?
yeah I think my husband may have said something like that in our wedding vows

47) What did you last eat?

grilled cheese and spagetti o's (yes, I am an 8 yeal old)

48 ) What are you looking forward to?

walking the dog

49) Happy Now?
sure

inspiration

2008-06-04T09:35:00.004-04:00

things I am currently really inspired by.

1- People that are lost...specifically people lost at sea, or at war, I am drawn to the women left behind (I know someone else who loves this too)

2- Cold Climate Islands, specifically in the Northern Atlantic, or off the coast of Finland

3- Lighthouses

4 -French Wallpaper

5 -photos that are out of focus, or over exposed

6 - flowers and scientific botanical illustrations

7- The Victorian Spiritualist movement

8- Carnival Rides

9- Fishing villages and fishing boats

10- Victorian Water Gardens, and Victorian Fairy Gardens

(just throwing all this out there...not sure why)

so............

2008-06-02T08:38:00.007-04:00

When I went to see Sex and The City on Friday....I went to the theater a few blocks from me, I showed up with contraband junior mints in my Burberry purse, and set to sit in a dark theater for 2+ hours and just enjoy my "girl time" before the mean cheese arrived for the weekend.

So, you can imagine my dismay...when I go to buy my ticket and the owner of the theater is not back yet with the actual film....he's late, and the first showing is moved to 7:00...now this is a small theater, not a corporate run monster, so I understand things happen, but with MY movie.

seriously, I almost burst into tears.

So my Bubs who was nice enough to walk me into the theater just looked at me with that "I am so sorry" look and we left.

Now you have to understand, all day I was planning, I was waiting.

Total let down. So I made a plan then, I would see the movie Sunday at 4:00 and would have to remain Spoiler free until then.

It would be rough, especially with my addiction to Spoilers and celeb gossip.

So with a broken heart, my bubs and I decide to run errands before we get the mean cheese. We decide to head into the ghetto to our old post office so I can check the PO box as I had heard from a little birdy that I had a present in there waiting for me (Thank you Tara, it rocked).

So we get to the post office and out front is a rather large man who apparently in his street lingo is trying to sell us drugs. He asks my bubs and I if we need any "jobs" (and when he said "jobs" you could hear the italics in his voice), we were silent, he went on to tell us that if we had any friends that needed "jobs" that he had all different kinds, jobs for everyone.

um, no thanks.

we enter the PO and notice that there is a long line that stretches to the door almost. As we were fighting our way to our post office box, were were laughing and loudly making fun of the man who tried to very lamely sell us these "jobs"

I notice a large woman giving me the stink eye, I'm not phased, after all I am laughing and having a good time and holding a great purse and have my great guy. Getting mean looks tends to happen.

We check the po box and head back to the door....this is when I see the large mean woman kissing the "job selling" dude from out front. As we walk buy them, she purposely steps into me and as hard as she can....elbows me in the middle of my back on my spine.

F#&K!!!!!

now they were huge, her job seller and her, so we bit our tongues and left, laughing at them, all the while I am kind of saying ow at the same time.

So....that was my day, my story of the time I tried to see Sex and The City on opening day.

oh, and in case you are wondering I did see it on Sunday and it was amazing, yes there are faults, but overall amazing. I laughed, I cried, I swore under my breath that a woman brought a baby who happened to start crying at a pivotal scene that happens to take place outside the New York Library (for those of you who saw the movie, you know what I mean).

Yeah...the woman finally brought her baby out, but I was still really upset...who brings a baby to see Sex and The City????? It's not like it's a Yorkie in a handbag...it's a damn baby.

anyway...if you are a fan of the show, see the movie, see it twice actually because the first time you will be so wrapped up in the movie that you will forget all about what they are wearing.

I know I need to see it again, just for that.

Petite Heights, June 1 2008

2008-06-01T06:24:00.004-04:00

OMG

2008-05-30T09:06:00.002-04:00

I have been waiting 4 long years for this...

Today is the day...well it may not be the day I see it, but sometime this weekend I will be sitting alone in a darkened theater with my 4 best tv friends.

yes....I took the show THAT seriously.

YES...I used to say that my bubs was totally my "Mr Big"

Yeah....I'm that person, that obsessive fan. Am I proud of it, no...not really, but I am certainly not ashamed.

I just with some of you were a lot closer so that we could go out and drink Cosmos and see the movie together.

xoxoxo
j

survey says

2008-05-27T19:52:00.004-04:00

Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?
YES

What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
deleting hate comments from my flickr account (lucky me).

Honestly, who was the last person to tell you that they love you?
keith

Last restaurant you went to?
um...does Dairy Queen count as a "restaurant"

Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
Keith

Did you have an exciting last weekend?
no

Have you ever crawled through a window?
Yes

What do you spend most of your money on?
bills, and art supplies

Where were you at 1AM sunday morning?
sleeping in bed

Is there a secret you’re hiding from your parents?
nope

Do you like yourself?
Yes...but there are parts of my body that I don't like

Have you ever dyed your hair?
Yes

Who is someone you wish you could fix things with?
um, my Father, but it's too late

Is there anything in your past that you’d like to try again?
Dancing

Are you an emotional person?
YES!!

What’s something that can always make you feel better?
food, new clothes, sleeping, xanax...lol

Did your parents spoil you as a child?
No

Do you still have pictures of you & your ex?
nope

How’s your heart lately?
filled with love (AWWWWWWWWWWW.)

Are you a cuddler?
only with my bubs and my pup

Will this weekend be a good one?
probably not

What do you want right now?
ice cream and sleep

Have you ever gone nude/streaked in public?
nope

Who hugged you last?
bubs

Have you ever worn the opposite sex’s clothing?
Yes

Are you a kissable person?
I hope so

Has someone ever spread a nasty rumor about you?
yes...many people have actually (again...lucky me)

What is your relationship status?
Married

Who was the last person to come to your house?
Jeff

Any summer plans for 2008?
maybe someone will visit me....other than that save money for a trip to PARIS!!!

Whats on your schedule for tomorrow?
Etsy, walk the dog, love my bubs, see our friend Lee, have ice cream

The last song you heard?
Square Pegs theme song, by the Waitresses

What do you think of love?
love lifts us up where we belong...where eagles fly....or something like that.

Do you still talk to any of your ex’s?
nope

What’s the connection between you and the last person you texted?
I don't text

Do you like someone?
you mean "like" them??

Have you ever kissed someone whose name started with an S?
yes

How’s your life lately?
not bad...some parts are down right spectacular.

Have you ever dated someone longer than a year?
yes

Have you ever loved someone so much that it hurt?
yes, very much so

Are you happier single or in a relationship?
I'm happiest in the relationship I am in, I would rather be alone than unhappy with someone else.

The Other side of Sleep-ville

2008-05-27T08:32:00.002-04:00

Hello Dear Ones...

yes, I am alive...sorry for the hiatus but as some of you know I was awful sick last week with the flu.

yup, only I get the flu on Memorial Day weekend, and the first beautiful weather this city has seen since the fall.

So I spent the week with a really high fever and the worst sore throat possible. I did a lot of shivering and sleeping, lots and lots of sleeping. I combined the sleep regime with a healthy dose of watching bad "weather disaster" movies (you know how much I like to "theme it up), drinking my body weight in juice, and watching part of season 1 of "Square Pegs"

Which by the way...f-ing rocks, I remember watching it when I was a kid, and now it's even better, sure it's actually terrible, but in a good way. Though I admit to having a weak spot for any kind of "teenage" show, seriously, 90210 and Degrassi are the best!

So anyway, that has been my life, bad tv, good naps, combined with good tv and bad naps.

All said, I am better now, I knew I just had to let myself get through it, and sleep was the only way.

So, those of you who are waiting on orders to be shipped...I am so sorry for the delay, they will all be shipped out today.

So...........................now that the talk of sickness is done, how are all of you?? I have been trying to keep busy with more of my 500 pieces series. I had done a lot of work preparing ephemera and painting small papers before I was sick, so I was still able to start piecing things together while almost bedridden. It was a great way to keep getting a little work done without having to spend the hours standing up at my art table....which I have been away from for so long it feels...I am longing to get back to painting on canvas again, but at the same time I think some of the newer pieces are some of my best ever.

I have been trying to be good and update my flickr account with the new pieces, but in case you have no seen them, here are a few today on the blog.

enjoy

Petite Heights Sunday May 25, 2008

2008-05-25T10:31:00.001-04:00

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art- keith cousineau
story-keith cousineau & jennifer gordon

new stuff

2008-05-19T11:38:00.001-04:00

just pictures today....

these are currently in my shop!!

Petite Heights Sunday May 18 2008

2008-05-18T08:11:00.002-04:00

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art- keith cousineau
story- Keith cousineau and jennifer gordon

It's 8:04 am

2008-05-15T08:03:00.005-04:00

It's 8:04am and I already feel as though I need ice cream, or alcohol....too early I know...

So far today I have dealt with a tiny sick puppy, yes he's sick again, you see he cannot eat anything foreign without getting VERY sick, so grass, a little dirt, a small piece of paper...all send him into a tail spin. This is not good when you have a lovely little puppy who has horrible OCD and must lick everything, even outside, hence the dirt and small rocks he eats when we go on our little walks.

it's breaking my heart, to see him feeling bad, his little puppy face.

I'm a mess.

So that's that...that has been my morning so far, not fun, not fun at all.

Anyway, I have some (what I think) is exciting news for my etsy shop...I have decided to do a new series, very much inspired by my friend Cat, you may know her as Artsy on etsy...well she has a series of "1000 pieces" all numbered, I think that is genius. I have been pondering doing something similar, you know as a challenge to myself. SO I thought about doing 1000 aceos, but wow....that seems like a lot, and I make aceos anyway, so it's not really different.

then I decided.

I have been working on the "new pieces" for sometime, the ones that are a mixture of digital and traditional collage, I showed one yesterday...and that is when it hit me. That is the plan....I am going to do 500 of them, all different all one of a kind, each will be printed just one time. They will all be 10x10 inches.

Because they will be printed once, they will be one of a kinds and original. Because they will be printed on archival and thick cardstock, it will give you a chance to own an original piece as a slightly lower rate than one of my traditional collages.

Exciting, huh?

Now, this does not mean that I will not be doing my traditional pieces anymore, this is just something new, something exciting. Once the series is done, it's done...there will be no more made in this size and style....I may move onto another size, I may not...you never know.

So with that decided, I just had to come up with a number...do I make 1000...? No, that seems like too many, I have slight ADD, and getting to 1000, well I am afraid I will grow bored halfway through...so, instead of 1000, I will do 500.

Now, they won't be happening all at once, I am a girl after all, not a factory...but expect to see them in my shop starting on Friday, I will list the first one(s).

SO there you have it...and the images today are a few more of my new 500 pieces series.

(yay!!)

When small business is not friendly to small business

2008-05-14T07:59:00.003-04:00

please allow me to rant today....I need to.

So as you all know, I sell lots and lots (sometimes) of reproduction prints in my shop, some day I do pretty well. Now, I don't even own a printer, so I have my prints done at a local printing shop, this way I can get the highest quality images...now I get them done locally even though it is WAY cheaper to get them printed from larger "art house" type printers.

But....I go for the mom and pop places, I like to know my money is going back into my city, where I live, the place I want to flourish. There is something great about the personal relationships that you can build, I love calling my print place and having them know who I am, I like having direct connection to the owner, the person who is printing my work.

It makes me feel good to know that the hundreds and many more hundreds of dollars I spend are going directly to help keep a place open, to put food on the table.

Now, I don't spend thousands of dollars all at once, no, I spend hundreds and I do it it often. I sell limited editions and soon, one of a kind pieces that need printing. I print a lot, on a weekly basis at times.

So that being said I was pretty shocked when I was talking to my printing company about my latest prints (that are so beautiful it hurts me...so pretty), when mr print shop owner informed me that it was not really "worth their time" to have me as a customer anymore, that they preferred it if I printed at least 100 prints of each design.

well, that's just not me, I don't want to offer hundreds of each piece, I want limited quantities, I want them to be really special.

Now, I was shocked, it was not like I was paying next to nothing for the work I got there, they quoted me a price and I paid it...no questions asked.

Did I know I could get them cheaper from a bigger place, hell yeah...did it matter...no.

So here I am "dumped" by my printer for not being "big enough".

SO I spent yesterday calling and contacting all the local print shops in my town, again, wanting to support local.

You know what I found out....small places don't want to deal with small places. No one was even willing to give me a price quote on anything...not caring that I had 20 different designs that I wanted 10 prints each of...no, again I heard I had to do at least 100 of each design or they did not want my business.

I felt like I was going to throw up, I really did.

You know, it must be nice, to be able to turn down hundreds of dollars on a regular basis saying it is not worth their time.

Now....I am not suffering from delusions of grandeur, I know I am small potatoes, but I am potatoes nonetheless.

(oh, I like that...I am potatoes)

So...yesterday ended with me placing a preliminary order with a large print company with a "no minimum" requirement.

Did it make me feel dirty inside that I had gone totally mass market...a little bit, but that quickly changed when about an hour after I placed my order I got a personal email from a customer rep at said "big box" company, thanking me for my order, telling me I would have it by Friday and to contact them should I have any questions or concerns.

So anyway...hopefully things will go well with the new company, I will let you know Friday about how the pieces look...

wish me luck.

xxoo

(piece today is a new one, it's not listed yet, and I am not sure when I will list it...but I love it, it's a combination of digital and regular collage)

here's some pretty....

2008-05-12T07:38:00.003-04:00

I think somewhere between having an artistic breakthrough and a breakdown....these new pieces (which a re limited edition prints) were born.

do you like them? They are still very new for me, I feel exposed and raw as they are not my "normal" style pieces.

so all you mommies out there, did you have a nice Mother's Day? I had a quiet day as my dear bubs was at work, but I did get a sweet gift and card from my puppy Scribble (yup, I'm one of THOSE people now). I spent the day watching Titanic and crying my fool eyes out, because sometimes you just need to cry while watching a sappy movie.

I also spent a good part of the day listening to tornado sirens and warning from the newsfolk that is was "time to get in the basement".

So all in all it was an oddball day.

I did get to have cake and ice cream though, which was pleasant.

oh....and I really, really have to give a huge (post) birthday shout out to Jody, who I adore!!! Love you birthday girl!!

Petite Heights May 11, 2008 {Mother's Day Part 3}

2008-05-11T09:07:00.002-04:00

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art- keith cousineau
story- keith cousineau & jennifer gordon-cousineau

Petite Heights {Mother's Day Part 2} Saturday May 10

2008-05-10T08:27:00.004-04:00

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art- keith cousineau
story- keith cousineau & jennifer gordon-cousineau

what's new?

2008-05-08T09:04:00.003-04:00

Here are the latest Limited Edition Prints available in my shop, they are VERY limited!!! I hope you like them.

yesterday was a wee day off of sorts, filled with lots of errands and I will admit, some ice cream, and a dog grooming visit for my little Scribble.

I have to wonder, why a dog so small has such expensive hair cuts.

I think he watches too much America's Next Top Model and Project Runway with me.

he's very much a Petro-sexual.

Happy Birthday Daddy

2008-05-06T08:39:00.002-04:00

today would have been my Dad's birthday....and truthfully it is a really hard day to get through, I won't lie.

the blending of good memories and the horrible ones of his long sickness all rush back to me, I feel myself sinking into depression a few days before and lingering there....this year though, my dear friend Cat told me to celebrate, to make it a thing, that is what she does on her Dad's birthday too.

so tonight....we are having a little party, just my bubs and me.

Pizza
Cake
Ice Cream

Happy Birthday Daddy, I still miss you.

Some Very Random Things

2008-05-05T08:20:00.002-04:00

1- I always think Rhinos are extinct...I think it is because they look so much like dinosaurs, but I am always taken aback every time I see one on tv, there is a moment of shock...then I realize what I am seeing, and that I am a moron.

2- I sometimes blare classical music as loud as possible and I ballet dance through my whole house, I say ballet dance because I guess technically they are ballet moves, but I most assuredly do not look like a ballet dancer when I do them.

3- I talk to my dog, a lot. He listens too, very intently and I have caught myself saying aloud to him "I wish you could talk", and every time I say it I have a few seconds of slight fear that he will start talking....he has a very smart little face and it looks like he is telling me "I will, in time..."
Maybe I have just seen and read too many fairy tales and comics.

4- I saw Iron Man this weekend and have to say that as a comic movie it is one of the most flawless I have seen.

5- I think Shirly Jackson writes the most frightening books I have ever read, if you have not read "We Have Always Lived In The Castle" you must!!!

Petite Heights May 4, 2008

2008-05-04T07:27:00.002-04:00

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art- keith cousineau
story- keith cousineau and jennifer gordon-cousineau

flying under the radar

2008-05-01T11:40:00.002-04:00

look what's new in my shop....Mixed Emotions V.

sorry I have been absent on the blog, again....there are puppy and sleepless night issues. He's spoiled you see, and totally adorable and impossible to be mad at.

anyway....enjoy a glimpse of book 5.

xxoo

up all night day 3

2008-04-29T08:21:00.002-04:00

sorry for the no show the past few days, you see once again Scribble is sick, or I should say, was sick.

It started late Saturday and was horrible, he was up all night as were my bubs and I with him....constant barking and growling. We spent the night all curled up on the couch with him...Sunday he was feeling better but not great and once again Sunday night rolled around and he was up all night barking and I came to sleep on the couch with him.

yesterday (monday) he seemed good, back to normal Scribble behavior, full of energy and love, so trust me it was surprising to be woken up at 1:00am with barking....which lasted all night.

I think now he is just spoiled and wants us to be with him downstairs on the couch, all sleeping and watching old movies, like a sick kid who hated being sick but still does not want to go back to school.

so that is the past few days, he is asleep now and I took a nap for an hour...though I was guilt ridden the whole time, as I know my bubs is at work...not able to nap, so really it's not very fair, for me to be sleepy sleeperson while he is at work. So now I am up and out of bed and starting my day.

so if any of you know how to get a puppy to stop barking all night that would be really appreciated as well.

how are all of you??

pictures today are of some new pieces in my shop...remember I am still running the 20% off Anniversary sale (Anniversary08 in the notes to seller and wait for a new invoice) as well as the $5 Reproduction Print sale!!!

Petite Heights Sunday April 27, 2008

2008-04-27T09:55:00.002-04:00

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art - keith cousineau
story- jennifer gordon-cousineau

Scenes from my front porch

2008-04-26T07:29:00.002-04:00

well last night my bubs and I were sitting on our porch swing, the first official "porch swing date" of the spring....while sitting there we like to have fake conversations that we imagine the people we see are having, so many people do this, whether they are at the mall or a park. Of course, we think we're the funniest when we do it....

so last night we developed a few little "playlets" hope you enjoy.

The Tragedy of the Skate Betty

(staring- kid with bad hair on a skateboard....and his obviously bored girlfriend)

skateboarding kid- hey....you wanna follow me around and watch me skate

skate betty- sure, skateboarding is cool, so are you

skateboarding kid- I know it

skate betty- wow, that's cool can I try

skateboarding kid- no

skate betty- that's ok, I have a low self esteem and daddy issues, so I like just following you around

skateboarding kid- I know it....hey, wanna watch me look at cell phones?

skate betty- sure...cell phones are cool

( scene ends when our two star-crossed teenagers enter the cell phone store across the street)

well....there you have it....a snippet of life, a vignette if you will....nice huh?

oh, and before I forget, I have marked down all the reproduction prints in my shop to $5, I have very few left and I am going to sell of all of these and start new with a whole new series, the new prints will be done at a different printer on new paper...so I thought it best to finish off all of these first.

So................most of the prints I only have one left of, so get them quick before they're gone!!

ice coffee in the mornings

2008-04-25T07:31:00.004-04:00

I'm drinking ice coffee in the mornings now....it makes me so happy, it seriously does. There is just something about the color of the light in the spring and summer that makes me need to have cold caffeine instead of hot. Even when I am cold and have to grab an extra sweater, I still need my iced drink. That's when it becomes official for me, Spring hits the moment I can barely stomach to drink something hot.

Wednesday was a great day, my hubsbubs and I walked into town for ice cream and then went to the record store which is very sadly closing its doors tomorrow. While there we found some gems, mainly the trifecta of amazing (horrible) records and that is "The Kids From Fame" volumes 1-3.

So HOT!!!

Now mind you, this is not the soundtrack to the movie, but the 3 soundtracks to the tv show Fame. I LIVED for that show when I was a kid, and to this day I have to say it is in my top 5 tv shows of all times. Was it horrible...yeah, probably it was.

it doesn't matter, I can;t see boys in leg-warmers dancing through a school hallway without getting a little weak in the knees.

I think they should get some of these people for Dancing With the Stars, I know "Leroy" is just a homeless coke addict now, I think it would be a good vehicle for him.

SO, other than Fame records, what have I been up to??? Well, I got a ukulele book and I have started to (try) and teach myself some cords, I am working on the first page now, and I have to say.....it's really hard, the instrument is so small that putting my fingers on the strings without hitting any of the other strings is going to be a hard skill to learn, but I will...eventually.

I have also been working some (obviously), and gearing up for some commission work and other projects....trying to stave off this summer slowness on etsy and hope for the best.

Last summer things still remained pretty steady for me, thankfully...but now I am not so sure, the economy is bad and I am a little worried. I keep having nightmares that I am working at Starbucks and people are ordering things I don't understand, and I end up crying while manning the drive though.

it's an odd panic, really.

oh, and before I forget....there is something exciting brewing, a really wonderful jewelry artist has asked to license my work to use in her designs, I am sending some things off to her today so hopefully really soon there will be pieces in her shop. We will be collaborating on some one of a kind pieces as well as others, so if you are interested, let me know or let her know....her name is Lori and is the mastermind behind the Heartworks By Lori shop.

The picture today is of some of my latest pieces, I have also started to add some vintage pieces to my shop, so you will need to check those out too.

My 2 year etsy-versary is tomorrow and in celebration I am offering 20% off everything in my shop, 25% if you spend over $125!! Just write Anniversary08 in the message to seller and wait for me to send you a new invoice. This sale will last until May 1st.

I have also decided to change things up with my reproduction prints....things are still up in the air on them right now, but I will most likely be starting fresh with new prints and marking the few remaining prints down shortly....so keep an eye out!

ok, now to work...to work.....

50 things

2008-04-22T12:19:00.003-04:00

Learn 50 things about me… probably useless information, which is the best kind of information.

Do you like blue cheese?
only in a dressing format not like chunks of it

Have you ever smoked heroin?
No, can heroin be smoked???

Do you own a knife?
well we have kitchen knives, and I own a sterling silver swiss army knife from Tiffany's

What flavor do you add to your drink at sonic?
I don't know this "Sonic"

Do you get nervous before doctor appointments?
yes, and usually I faint at some point during or after the appointment

What do you think of hot dogs?
I try really hard not to think of them

Favorite Christmas movie?
Little Women

What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
coffee

Can you do push ups?
I can do a few "girl push ups"

What kind of car do you drive?
no driving

Whats your favorite piece of jewelry?
My Engagement ring.

Favorite hobby?
reading celebrity gossip....does that count?

Whats your favorite store to shop at?
Target

Do you have ADD?
no

What’s one trait you hate about yourself?
this is a can of worms that does not need opening on a blog, just a therapists couch

Middle name?
Anne

Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment…
shower,snack,sleep

Name 3 things you bought yesterday?
no buying things, it's a drawback from being poor.

Name 3 drinks you regularly drink?
coffee, water, and that is it on a "regular basis"

Current worry?
paying bills, some health related things

Current hate right now?
my hair

Favorite place to be?
bed

How did you bring in the New Year?
drunken sing along

where would you like to go?
Paris, NYC, Ashville NC, Tucson....

Name three people who will complete this?
n/a

Do you own slippers?
no

What shirt are you wearing?
Dancing with The Stars tour t-shirt

What year would you go back in time to and why?
the day before my dad died, to tell him I loved him a little more and to say goodbye.

Can you whistle?
No

Favorite color?
black

Would you be a pirate?
no, but I would be a fisherman

What songs do you sing in the shower?
On My Own, from Les Miserables

Favorite girls name?
Alice

Favorite boys name?
Jack

Whats in your pocket right now?
no pockets

Last thing that made you laugh?
keith

Best Halloween costume as a child?
raggedy anne

Worst injury you’ve ever had?
my knee

Do you love where you live?
no but I love who I live with

How many TVs do you have in your house?
3, but only 2 work and none have cable

Who is your loudest friend?
Me.

How many dogs do you have?
1

Does someone have a crush on you?
who doesn't?

Do you have kids?
step daughter and a dog....I will never give birth

What is your favorite candy?
junior mints

Favorite Sports Team?
Red Sox

What song do you want played at your funeral?
depends on who's left to hear it

What were you doing 12 AM last night?
reading

What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up?
why is the dog not barking....did he suffocate in his sleep (I need meds or something, this is not normal)

Top Five

2008-04-21T07:41:00.003-04:00

1- bright sunny Sunday, not overly hot, while the mean cheese was playing on the swingset my bubs and I played catch, complete with baseball and mitts....now this does not seem like a big deal to most people but for me, well it was huge. I am not a tom boy, not athletic at all, in fact usually doing most "sports" related things brings back horrible memories of being bullied when I was a kid in gym class. I do love baseball though, so this was wonderful, the sound of the ball being caught in the mitt, well it was like magic. In fact I was not bad at the whole "hustle and catch" thing, barely missing. My bubs was impressed that I was not just a complete bumble-lard out there. Now I have dreams that I missed my calling in life, that I should somehow be a baseball woman...do they even have those

2- Finally seeing Juno, we went last night to the "dollar theater" a couple miles from us...I loved it, though I was distracted by seeing the book microphones in so many of the shots, was this because I saw it in the dollar theater?? Did we have some non edited version of the movie, was this on purpose....it did not bug me as much as the very vocal crowd in front of us screaming about it every time they were seen. Also the fact that this same group of people kept saying how it was not nearly as good as "Superbad", as if they were supposed to be compared.

3- Scribble feeling better and being really cuddly ever since he has been sick and had to be taken care of, now he is s total love bug...Charles Shultz had it right when he said "happiness is a warm puppy"

4- one of my best friends was "diagnosed" with MS several weeks ago...now there was something in her that would not settle with that, she got second, third and fourth opinions on this...now she has received news that she may not have MS....now this is a chance, but it is hope, so I guess #4 on this list should just read, HOPE.

5- going to my favorite Indian Newsstand and finding gems....I love the people that run the place, the conversations I overhear while in there are the reason I love going, there is nothing like hillbillies buying $100 in lottery tickets and trying to talk football with a Buddhist...I dare you to listen to a convo like that and not smile.

Petite Heights April 20, 2008

2008-04-20T06:29:00.001-04:00

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art - keith cousineau
story- jennifer gordon-cousineau

thought flurry

2008-04-17T07:58:00.003-04:00

altered wine box (wine not included)

8x8 collages on stretched canvas

new postcards!

morning....

so here I am, after taking yesterday "off" to celebrate my one week wedding anniversary with my bubs...and by celebrate I mean, take care of Scribble who is slowly but surely getting better, though I think his medicine is making him a little "slow", having the traditional one week of marriage meal of macaroni and cheese and dessert at the Dairy Queen, and then....SHOPPING, not fun shopping just shopping.

we needed a vacuum.

so there you have it, a slice of wedded bliss.

As I sit here and type I keep thinking, what to write, what to write.

Do I obsess over America's Next Top Model, do I talk about the obsessive "man crush" my bubs has on Billy Zane???

(that one I think I should wait for a celebrity letter for)

Or should I blah, blah about what's new in my shop, well that one you can see the photos of, so there is no need to go into details, right? I mean you can go to my shop and see details.

No.....I think importantly I need to talk about this....I have spring fever.

yup, sad but true.

This week is a rare and sunny one here in Columbus, so with the sun, I have lost all desire to work, I just want to nap lazily and have lemonade...sit on my porch swing and wear skirts and walk to Starbucks....

Yes, those are the things I want to do, sadly.....we of course have no money for this life of leisure I am craving in my soul, the wedding and surrounding expenses to a toll, and now it's back to the "grind", OK...I am not complaining my "job" is a dream...making pretty things in my studio and getting to visit with my puppy on my breaks.

Oh, I am approaching my 2 year Etsy anniversary!!!!

Can you believe it?

I will be sending out a mailing early next week but wanted to tell all my loyal readers first....I will be holding a contest with a giveaway.....plus I am doing a 20% off sale in my shop, just write "anniversary08" in the message to seller and wait for a new invoice before paying.

where have I been?

2008-04-15T08:15:00.002-04:00

thanks for all the amazing comments on my wedding pictures, I have a few more to share but should have a ton more soon from my in-laws....wow...in-laws, I have not called them that yet.

So, I have been missing from the blog world because as you know suring wedding week we had house guests, my in-laws were staying with us, and my mom.

The visit itself went very well, all things considered, though inside I was nervous, anxious, sad, and well...crazy, just crazy.

You see I had not seen my mom in years and seeing her was both amazing and heart breaking to be honest. I love my mom, a lot. Our relationship has been rocky at times and has now settled quite nicely to where we are now. But....seeing her after so long I was shocked at how much she had changed. I am sure she thought the same about me.

I wonder if it was sad for her too.

I can hardly put my finger on it, but it was there, she had gotten older obviously, and she seemed smaller, more tired, and a little more forgetful. Most of all she just seemed so sweet, so very tender and sweet, like a little kid. Don;t get me wrong she is still a mom so there was still some nagging on her part and me snapping at her, but that was always followed by feeling guilty and sad. She just wants to love me, and I should let her.

AT one point while she was here she went upstairs to take a nap, and when I woke her later, there was this moment while she was still sleeping all curled up on the bed, that I found so touching.

As I type this I find myself crying. I missed her, I did not let on how much, but I did miss her. There she was, asleep on a little bed and it hit me, this was my mom...I pictured her little and lonely life since my father died and I was overwhelmed.

I know the reason we get a long so well is because we don't see much of each other, but at the same time I cannot let myself not see her for this long again, what if something happens??

sorry....I am rambling about something I did not intend on talking about, lol

Anyway, where was I....

oh yeah, craziness and house guests, blah blah....

so anyway, everyone left on Friday leaving us to get back to normal, only the problem was....poor Scribble had gotten really, really sick and I was up all night with him on Thursday and Friday was bad too, so Friday night my bubs and I were at the animal hospital...we left there with loads of medicines and special food for the little guy, and no money....YIKES, pets are so expensive.

Anyway...Scribble was still not right all weekend, but then yesterday morning he started to be more himself............so now, now I feel like things will slowly get back to "normal"

sigh...

sorry, that was so long. I intended to come here, mention the Scribble thing, apologize for those of you waiting on shipments and let you know that I am almost caught up on shipping....and to let you all know I now have postcard sets in my shop....

but maybe I should wait and tell you about the postcards tomorrow...it would feel strange to show pictures of them now, after this long and emotional post.

anyway, that's the that in my life.

how are you??

{Classic} Petite Heights - April 13, 2008

2008-04-13T08:56:00.003-04:00

(please click on images to enlarge)
art- keith cousineau
story - jennifer gordon-cousineau

Happy Sunday to everyone!!

due to an extended stay of house guests for the past week, wedding preparations, and now a very sick little puppy, I was unable to hit the drawing board. Sunday Comics are a happy tradition and even with real life's complexities, they should never falter.

That being the case, Jenn and I bring you the very first Petite Heights (drawn by myself) that first appeared in Stiletto Heights (the comic) #2, which is now out of print. Unless you own one of the original 500 copies this is a new laugh to you, and includes many important firsts, it's the first strip I drew as Jenn's Petite Heights artist (after a parting of ways with the first one), it is also the first appearance of the infamous "Grandma Ruth".

I guess the most important first though....is that this is the first Sunday as the newly married Mr. and Mrs StilettoHeights.

enjoy the laughs and your Sunday
(jenn's bubs, now hubs)
-Keith

a little glimpse of the wedding

2008-04-11T03:31:00.003-04:00

Tomorrow

2008-04-08T08:01:00.002-04:00

here it is...wedding day eve...is that a thing? It should be, it should really be a thing.

Am I nervous....no, though my stomach is jittery with excitement and too much coffee, I will admit to that. You see...tomorrow I will be Mrs. Bubs, my bubs will be my hubs if you will.

Though we have lived as though we were married for years now, there is something so very magical about it happening for real.

It's so much different than my first marriage, when I was so young and getting married for all the wrong reasons, basically to prove a point, get out of my parents house, be taken care of, not be alone...

getting married for love, well this makes me really feel like a first time bride.

So things have been very hectic the past several days, we went from having the mean cheese, to have the cheese and my bubs' parents, now it is just them, and tonight...my mommy is coming into town.

our house has had a very "Sixteen Candles" kind of vibe to it, people sleeping all over the place, and my bubs and I set up camp on the floor of my studio, I told my bubs that it was exciting "like camping" but apparently it's not like camping at all (so he says).

I do apologize as I know I am making no sense....

I want to thank all of you out there who have been so wonderful during these months and weeks of wedding mania, thank all of you for the wonderful gifts and cards which were such a wonderful surprise to get in the mail.

next time I blog hopefully I will have wedding photos to share, hopefully I will look beautiful and not too fat...ok now I will admit that I am scared of looking fat...that I am nervous about.

anyway, thank you all again.

xoxoxo
jenn

Petite Heights Sunday April 6

2008-04-06T06:52:00.002-04:00

(please click image to enlarge)
art- keith cousineau
story - jennifer gordon and keith cousineau

The road to walking down the aisle is paved with...

2008-04-04T07:24:00.002-04:00

morning everyone

so...my future in-laws arrive tomorrow, and the mean cheese arrives tonight, so soon...very soon the quiet house will be no more, it will be filled with family for the next week straight.

now, I am really private so any house guest situation always has me nervous, not upset mind you, but nervous....I think I get this from my mom.

Last night I was in near tears and said to my bubs "I'm so nervous about this week" and in his wonderful way he asked me honestly "why are you nervous? everything will be fine." I know he's right, in my head I know it.

So..................the other day we went downtown to the courthouse to get our marriage license, we wanted to get there early, before 9:00am so we would not have to wait. So we get downtown and it's about 8:50 and we find a parking spot on the street only a couple blocks away...

it's a nice day, no rain, but cold as we trek to the courthouse, once there we realize that the woman issuing our license is one of my bubs' best friends mom. It really is a small world/big city kind of moment.

so we fill out the paperwork, take the oath where we have to swear we are not cousins (yeah...I don;t remember having to do this in NH for my first wedding....is there a big problem of cousins trying to marry each other in Ohio??). Then we pay our money and we are out the door...it was quick and painless....we are back outside at 9:15am, in that short time it has warmed up a bit and the walk back to the van is nice, we're both feeling good, a weight has been lifted off of us as really we are now "this close" to being married.

Then as we are walking my bubs says to me...."where's the van?"

Um...yeah, the van was gone.

My heart starts going crazy, we walk up and down the street again...did we somehow miss it in our marriage haze...no, the van is no longer there.

now, the van is crappy and I can;t believe anyone in their right mind would steal it, but where could it be??? We put more than enough money in the meter, 2 hours worth.

So we run across the street to a parking lot attendant and security guard.

We ask if he saw our white van....he was out there when we parked not 30 minutes ago and walked right by him. he tells us "yeah, they towed it"

WHAT????

Why did they do that?

He tells us we were not supposed to park there before 9:00am

Oh fuck.....

well my bubs and I are st a loss...where do we go, who do we talk to???

he tells us with no remorse in his voice, "you need to talk to the city"

well what in the hell does that mean??? scream to the buildings, the sidewalk, the Somali Sausage vendor on the corner????

He then goes on to explain that we have to go to the impound lot to get it back, he goves us directions to get there, at first he tells us it's 3 blocks, but then tells us it's 5 blocks, and then another 2 blocks...

well we get the directions and we start walking....now we are fans of walking that does not bother us, but he obviously has no clue what a city block really is, because this was more like 10 blocks and then another 4...but whatever.

luckily I am not wearing heels.

So we get to the impound lot, and go inside....and they tell us it will be $175 to get the car back.

sigh.................................

how f-ing ridiculous is that??? I mean really, first they tow us for 10 minutes...and now we have to pay $175 when the van has not even been there a full hour.

we pay the money, we have to

we leave, we sulk, we swear....how did our good day go so bad...how did the $60 license turn into a several hundred dollar fiasco???

so that was our Wednesday...our last "day off" before the insanity...sounds relaxing, huh??

oh well....it's our luck right??? We always joke that we used up any good luck we might have had in finding each other again...no wonder everything else sucks.

I will try to update again before the wedding...which is 5 days away. I keep wondering if I should stop eating now so I can look just a little thinner for the ceremony???

a little note

2008-04-01T07:59:00.002-04:00

hi all....

just a little note to let you all know I am fine, just busy, very busy.

the wedding is a little over a week away and my bubs' parents will be here on Saturday and my mom a few days later, which means life as we know it will change, lol

so....I am sorry if I am missing but there are things that need getting done, I need to finish state and city taxes for me and my bubs, I did finish my federal taxes last night and my bubs' a while ago...I need to dye my hair, I need to make some new things as my shop is dwindled greatly in the past week or so.

I need to start experimenting with how I am going to do my hair on the big day, I need to clean up the studio as my bubs and I may be sleeping in here for several days.

the list can go on, but I am sure you are already bored.

So there you have it, I will try and check in later this week for sure....but until then.

wish me luck.

xoxoxoxo

Petite Heights March 30, 2008

2008-03-30T08:53:00.003-04:00

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art- keith cousineau
story- keith cousineau
dialog- jennifer gordon

Unveiling the new.....

2008-03-29T16:47:00.001-04:00

it's here, in my shop....Mixed Emotions 4

yay!!

What's new

2008-03-28T07:31:00.003-04:00

Good Morning!

Just wanted to let you all know that Scribble appears to be feeling better, gone is the glassy eyed look of doggie drugs and pain, and the laser scaring seems to be healing really quickly. He now only needs to wear the baby outfit when he is in his crate, when he is cuddled with me he is good, he's back to being my neurotic little baby.

:)

also....speaking of stress from yesterday, my bubs now has in his possession his divorce papers...you see he has the best lawyer in the world, and she literally saved the day, so there is less stress there too.

Now, shop update. As you see from the photos I now have one of a kind tote bags in my shop, depending on how they go I will be getting more of them, I will say this..I love them. They are perfect, just PERFECT for shopping bags or bags to go to the post office with, or thrifting, or book shopping, or in my case, to bring to the magazine store...as I always end up with a ton of really heavy foreign magazines that tend to break through any store bag.

Think of it this way, you will look far less ghetto carrying one large fashiony tote than 97 small plastic bags from the grocery store and such.

so anyway, they are available in my shop, I hope you like them.

One more thing on the shop front...COMING SOON.....Mixed Emotions volume 4 (YAY!!) I will post here when I list it, it's done and it's amazing, AMAZING...the layout on this one is just a little different than the others and I am in love with it.

Shop talk is done, and I want to get to a little creating today and packaging and perhaps a nap, I have to gear up and rest as tomorrow night we are playing D&D (that's Dungeons and Dragons to you non-geek types).

Ciao for now.

xoxo
jenn

Waking up at 2:00am

2008-03-27T07:18:00.003-04:00

morning everyone

I wanted to say thank you for all the well-wishes for my little pup, he is in recovery mode after the surgery yesterday.

poor little guy.

He went in to get fixed but then the vet noticed that he still had some baby teeth that his big Boy teeth had grown in over, and they all needed to be removed. We also decided to splurge for the laser surgery in the little guy as that is less recovery time and less pain for them. Now, I know people say getting the laser surgery upgrade is just a waste of money but we really did not want to take that chance, you know....if he could hurt just a little less, well that is money well spent, right?

SO last night we brought him home after missing him all day, he was sleepy but good, not licking at the wound at all so we did not have to put that awful collar on him. Well as the night progressed and his "good meds" wore off, well lickey-lickerson went to work on himself.

Now again I have heard mixed things about this, some say that if they have the laser surgery then it is ok for them to lick themselves as there are no stitches to f with or rip out. So please, please....if any of you know ANYTHING about this could you let me know.

Since by the time he was doing this the vet was long closed, we decided to put him in the collar to keep him from licking....now keep in mind Scribble is somewhat feral, he can;t even stand being in his dog collar, so putting the big thing on him, well....he hated it.

If he was being held it was fine, the second he was put onto the floor he just went wild, it was sad.

I should be tough, I should say to myself, well...he needs to get used to it, it's for the best. He's a dog, this is what they do. But you see, he's not "a dog", he's "our dog".

So with a sad little look to my bubs I said "no bubsie, no...take it off"

and Scribble was free, and back to licking.

sigh...

so my bubs was holding him because there is no licking when being held, and I was on the computer trying to find some way to justify that him licking was ok, or a way to get him to stop without the collar.

I did find a few things about people putting their dogs in pants, or t-shirts to keep them away.

Finally....justification to put Scribble in an outfit.

I tell my bubs, and think to myself that if I can only get through the night I will walk to Petsmart in the morning and get him some sort of puppy clothes, hopefully baseball themed.

But how to get through the night?

My bubs on the other hand, got right to work, he handed me le pups and went to the mean cheese's playroom and brought out her box of baby doll clothes.

Out came loads of little skirts, a plaid hat, rain boots...all adorable, but none would work. My bubs was excited about the little denim jacket, but still it was not right....my bubs looking forlorn said "the problem is, these are all girl clothes"

lol

but then he found in the bottom of the box, a baby "onesie" made for a real baby and then used as baby doll clothes.

This could work.

I told my bubs to cut off the sleeves and feet, and with that, we made a little jumper for Scribs. Now, the jumper is pale pink flowers but does look remarkably like a hospital gown, well a gown for a woman, but still.

it worked, he fussed for a minute but them immediately fell asleep, I think he likes being in it, like he is being cuddled.

so there you have it.

He slept though the night, I wish I could say the same for myself, I woke a little after 2:00am after falling asleep around midnight, my mind is racing with wedding preparations and puppy recovery and the anxiety of my bubs now not being able to find his divorce papers....

it never ends.

I think I may need to nap, soon....but still I am worried about the puppy. He was taken out of the outfit this morning and after a little while went back to licking so he is back in the frock.

how long will it be like this? Seriously anyone with any experience with laser neutering please let me know.

ok, enough babble....I will try later to snap a picture of him in the onesie, it is both sad and cute.

**the photo right now is two new pieces in my shop, I think they might be my favorites ever...I am really proud, they are in my etsy shop now, but if they are not sold in a couple weeks they are going to be shipped off to a gallery. (more on this later)

edit.....photos now taken of Scribble in his "get well soon outfit"

CutePicturesOfMyDog.com

2008-03-25T08:07:00.002-04:00

BEFORE haircut

After haircut

sorry to bore you with this but I just needed to show all of you how cute Scribble is, both before and after his first "real" hair cut at the groomers this weekend.

what's funny is I thought he was getting fat but now that his hair is gone I realize he is skinny and so cute, he has also been freezing since the hair cut too, poor little guy.

so apologies for the no blog yesterday, I spent most of the morning searching "everywhere" for my divorce papers which I need to bring with me to get our marriage license, so I search, I sear...I cry, I panic....I search some more.

I go on the internet and do frantic searches for public records, I find and order my divorce papers to be rushed to me for a hefty fee...

I feel better, sort of, I mean it was money I should not have been spending but it's my fault for not finding my papers or even remembering the exact date of my divorce.

So with that bit of stress beginning to ease I think to myself, "I wonder if my divorce papers are in the top drawer of my dresser"

so I go look.

and there they are.

plain as day.

sigh

so I make a bunch of frantic phone calls to public records to see if they can cancel my order and I can get my money back, as I had just placed the order 10 minutes before.

so that was my yesterday....tomorrow we have an early morning vet appointment with Scribble as he is going to be "fixed" so I doubt I will be blogging, but that is probably for the best as it's celebrity letter day and now that Dancing With the Stars is back on, it's all I can think about, and I fear that you will all quickly grow bored with week after week of me writing about it.

though seriously I have words I need to say to Kristi Yamaguchi, so a letter may NEED to be written at some point.

alright dear ones, must get to work and do some creating, it's been a while and after the weekend with a sick mean cheese I feel like I need to get some creating done before I come down with the plague that she has no doubt infected the house with.

(by plague I mean horrible cold, but it's close)

Petite Heights Sunday March 23 2008

2008-03-23T08:09:00.001-04:00

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art- keith cousineau
story - jennifer gordon and keith cousineau

What's new??

2008-03-22T05:32:00.003-04:00

Saturday Night Specials!

http://stilettoheights.etsy.com

original art, coffee table books, reproduction prints, aceos, collage blocks, and more!

I’m getting married in approx 2 weeks…so this sale is HUGE tonight as I am getting ready with the last of the wedding things.

25% off all items, free Reproduction Print with all purchases over $30, just write SNS in the message to seller (along with print choice) and wait for a new invoice.

xoxo

jenn

new original 8x10new original 8x8

Gift tags

gift tags!!

new button set!

New in my shop.

starting to freak...

2008-03-21T07:41:00.003-04:00

Happy Friday!

ok wedding/life/shop update...

my dress is finally at tailor getting alterations, it will be done in time for the wedding (thank god)

I got plane tickets for my mom, they are bought and paid for (this was touch and go for a while but it is done)

my wedding bands are in the process of being made, they are not done but they will be, I have no doubt, I won;t start panicking until next week.

we got an appointment to get Scribble groomed for this Saturday morning, my bubs will be bringing him before work, and able to get him when he is done, sadly I am a little sad about this, as it will be the first time that Scribble is gone from me for so long, I fear the house will seem a little empty with out the "click" click" of his claws on the hardwood floors.

We got Scribble's appointment for his "surgery" for Wednesday morning....still trying to get the money together for this one but it will happen, I am only 40% worried....no strike that 30% worried seems better.

my taxes are still not done but they are "almost done", meaning I have my crap together and added up and I just need to sit down with the forms and do them, only a couple more hours of work and they should be good to go, I WILL have them sent out before the end of the month.

We don't have our wedding license or any pf that yet...but maybe next week or the week right before the wedding. (eep)

In my Shop....I have loads of new Reproduction Prints, including the set that is shown above, I also will be listing 2 new button sets today (YAY) and new gift tags and new vintage keys that are so strange and spectacular! I am still having my sale, so if you are in the mood to treat yourself to a little something, it won't break the bank.

***************************

Wow, sorry that was all sort of jumbled and not very flowing but I needed to get a lot of info out and not a lot of time to do it, you see it is Friday before we get the mean cheese day, and I have A LOT of stuff that needs to get done today, including working on the new Petite Heights for Sunday (which is the beginning of my favorite story arc so far), and some crappy Ebay work, my bubs and I are selling everything that is not nailed down.

So with that I bid you a very fond farewell, hope you all (that celebrate) have a wonderful Easter, that includes all of you who celebrate it as "Zombie Jesus" day....it would be wrong to leave you out (so I guess this is just a shout out to Aaron).

xoxo
jenn

Dear (Insert Name Here)

2008-03-19T07:53:00.002-04:00

Dear Priscilla Presley

hey girl, what's up?

I saw you on Dancing With the Stars last night and you were amazing, seriously...you can dance, it was beautiful. You are in so many ways a living testament to what it means to be in your 60's...or I guess what it should mean.

Notice I said in some ways....um honey...what's up with your face???

You look like you a part Barbie doll, and part reject from a wax museum. You talked about how you wanted to dance to show the world that you can still do things when you are in your 60's...and blah blah...well how about aging gracefully? Perhaps dare I say...naturally?

Now, you are my mom's age, but sweetie, your face has less lines on it than mine. It's not normal, it's just not.

In fact looking at you made me sort of feel sad and uncomfortable. Now, I am a huge (HUGE) Elvis fan and fan of yours, and yes...even in many ways a fan of your trashy and crazy daughter but this torrid love affair you have going with Botox, well, it has to stop.

Now I know you have had an f-ed up life, Elvis warped your sense of reality by sheltering you for so many years but here's a little tip from me to you. In the "real world" people age, their foreheads get wrinkles and when they feel emotion it shows on their face.

Last night at one point I think you were crying, and it was touching, or I should say it would have been touching had I not been transfixed by the fact that your face did not change.

All this being said, you were still fierce and I did vote for you (well for a few of my votes).

I hope you stay on the show, I hope you stop with the Botox so you can look a little more "life like", and I hope your crazy daughter shows up a lot...all fat, pregnant, miserable, and nuts.

love
Jennifer Gordon

tag...I'm what?

2008-03-18T07:36:00.002-04:00

so, you all know how much I love beings tagged and random surveys so when Blue Boy Gifts tagged me...well, you know I just had to jump at it.

this tag is to name 7 random, odd, or strange facts about myself.

now, yes...I am an open book so finding new and random things to tell you is getting a little hard but here goes.

1- books....I used to own thousands and thousands of them, I had a room in my old house in NH that was all books, floor to ceiling. I love reading, I love words....they were my friends when I was lonely, lovers on nights when I needed them, and soul mates before I found mine. SO when I did find my soul mate and was moving 800 miles to a land unknown and had no "home" or money, well the books had to go. I ended up selling them to a book dealer for about .10 each, it was awful and a little heartbreaking to see them carted off like that. It was not until I realized I did not need "things" to fill up my life that I started to feel better about it.

2- my puppy loves me unconditionally, he is completely devoted and I love him to bits, but he is my first "real pet" the first one that is all mine (and my bubs) now that I am a grown up. So I am new to the experience. I keep analyzing everything, like I keep asking my bubs silly questions like "he loves me right?", and "why does he love me so much?". I guess I am new to this pet devotion, I love it, but it's odd especially for someone as neurotic and dysfunctional as I was raised to be.

3- I am fragile like a tea cup

4- I am obsessive about how much I love cheese, I need to have it on almost everything. I can honestly say I do not remember a hot meal I have had in recent months that did not involve cheese in some way. (besides pancakes....pancakes have no cheese, obviously).

5- I love the Lord of the Rings movies, I have seen them all countless times, probably over 50 each as I used to just watch them non stop in the background while working or taking care of the mean cheese. When people ask me if I have read the books I usually say yes, just so I don't have to hear them go on and on about how I NEED to read them....truthfully I tried to read the first one and I was actually bored. In this rare case, I prefer the movies.

6- I cry when I see elderly people in love, like if I see an old man and woman holding hands in the bookstore I start to cry, it's not something that can be stopped, it just happens.

7- I have been hit on by a former teen heart throb, some of you know who I am talking about but I will not mention it here again as he currently is on a tv show....it was silly and ridiculous and he was desperate and smarmy, when I introduced him to my bubs he quickly just walked away mid conversation, and by conversation I mean him staring at my boobs...I later heard he spent the rest of the weekend (we were all at a show) trying to score pot from other local people.

******************
so there you have it, my list, now I am not going to "tag" anyone as I know some people fold under the pressure and hate it, but there are a few people I would LOVE to see do this, and they are Tara, Sarah, Marissa, and Aaron

Also, for those interested I was able to get my mom her travel arrangements to come out here, actually flying out of the airport she wanted and having her changeover in another airport that I know very well so I could tell her exactly where she will need to go.

There was some last minute travel drama because of a sudden change of plans, but all is taken care of....everything is fine...well expect my bank account, which had to spend the extra $$ for the "right flights", but seriously, such a small price to pay to be able to see my mom for the first time in YEARS...just years.

oh, and I am still having a sale in my shop, so check it out!

My Bubs-aversary + 1

2008-03-17T07:45:00.005-04:00

Happy Saint Patrick's Day to you all...though not being Irish it's not a HUGE day for me....I am more focused on yesterday as that was my four year bubs-aversary (that is anniversary in Jenn-speak).

yup 4 years to the day since I got off the plane the first time in this fair (fat) city....and my bubs and I made our relationship more "official" as opposed to the emotional gray area it existed in in the months before that.

SO there you have it, now we are 4 years later and so close to him making an honest woman out of me...no more "milk for free" of you will.

(I hate that saying, why does the woman have to be the cow?)

So now that we are in crunch time for the wedding I felt I should give you all a little update as to where I am....no, I have not gotten my dress altered, but I will this week, I talked to a wonderful seamstress a block from me and her turnaround time is quick, so I am not worried.

I got my corset to wear under the dress and it is fiercely sexy and does the job of keeping my stomach in and my boobs up.

I got my shoes...now this was a nightmare as all the "bride" shoes were just so dreadful, I swear any kind of dye-able shoe was just ugly and boring...so instead I went out on my own sans bridal shop urgings and bought a pair of hot shoes that cannot be dyed BUT, they do match my gloves, so it will be fine.

My wedding bands are ordered and in the process of being made (yay).

Now the only hurdle (major) is getting my mom out here, as plans changed unexpectedly late last night and now my mom needs to get a plane ticket ASAP....so once I can call her I will buy her ticket, so with any luck I will have her ticket purchase today.

phew....

now we have some other major puppy things that need to be done before the wedding too, like getting the little bugger groomed and then...fixed. Yup, that was me whisper typing "fixed" so he does not hear me, or know his fate. We want to get it done before the wedding and everyone visits and also done with enough time for him to heal between mean cheese visits as she won;t understand that he is sore and needs to not be poked, pulled, or screamed at.

SO that's that....oh, and I need to finish my taxes.

sigh

this is why I am up at night crying and having panic...it's all coming up so fast and truthfully I am not sure how it can all be done, on any level. Financially it's a lot....and we are having a teeny tiny little wedding, I am amazed every day that people can afford larger weddings at all and still manage to pay their bills, how do they do it? They must have super powers or something.

ok...babble, babble, babble...

with that I have to announce I am having a special sale in my shop to help ease the cost of the wedding and the puppy "procedure"

20% off everything in my shop and a free "reproduction print" with all purchases over $30, you just have to write "sale" and which print you would like in the message to seller and wait for me to send you a new invoice.

xoxoxoxo
jenn

Petite Heights Sunday March 16, 2008

2008-03-16T07:14:00.002-04:00

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art- keith cousineau
story - keith cousineau & jennifer gordon

Taking Nyquil during the Day

2008-03-13T07:38:00.002-04:00

sorry for the no post yesterday....I'm sick, and groggy in the head and achy in the body.

I went back to "sleep" for most of the morning, and by sleep I mean covered up in every blanket in the house, space heater on full blast, and non stop shivering.

you see my problem was I took DayQuil and tried to sleep....so then a little later in the afternoon when I wanted to sleep again, well I took a NyQuil (just one) and was able to have one of those fabby coma naps.

anyway, that was how I spent yesterday. Asleep.

a giant part of me wants to go back to bed now as well....but then I remember that I need to make things in order to make money in order to do the fun things in life, like pay my bills, and eat.

so I am up, though admittedly I am not sure how long it will last, hopefully all day, there is lots to do.

Oh and before I forget, you loyal commenters will notice that I have finally moved to comment moderation, something I really did not want to do as I know when I comment on blogs I like to see it pop up right away (I'm like a child), anyway....I have moved to moderation of the comments for a couple reasons, one being I keep getting strange spy ware/virus links left as comments on my blog and I don;t want any of you to click on something by accident. My second reason is that I received yet another negative Anonymous comment on my blog....something I am sick to death of, seriously if you hate me or you think I am not funny, or if you have serious problems and cannot take an f-ing joke...then please I beg of you, stay the f away from my blog OR have the courage to say what you want with your real name and website....don't just be a coward.

ok...moving on. The other day I mentioned that I had book #3 out of the Mixed Emotions Series, the image today shows the cover!!

enough babble, sorry if it made no sense, I blame the fever, or the medicine, or something.

xoxoxo

passing the time while digging out from the storm

2008-03-10T08:06:00.004-04:00

***we got over 20" of snow this weekend, which for some reason has gotten me a little introspective and nostalgic.

I stole this from Sarah...

WELCOME TO THE 2008 EDITION OF GETTING TO KNOW YOUR FRIENDS.
THE THEORY IS: YOU WILL LEARN A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN. . .

1. WHAT TIME DID YOU GET UP THIS MORNING? 6:45am, slept in a little until the puppy barked

2. DIAMONDS OR PEARLS? pearls

3. WHAT WAS THE LAST FILM YOU SAW AT THE CINEMA? Cloverfield, though I would not call it a "film"

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW? currently, Heroes or Dancing With The Stars (don;t judge me), of all time....Sex and The City

5. WHAT DO YOU USUALLY HAVE FOR BREAKFAST? mocha

6. WHAT IS YOUR MIDDLE NAME? Anne with an E (like Anne Of green Gables)

7. WHAT FOOD DO YOU DISLIKE? meats

8. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CD? Johnny Cash box set

9. WHAT KIND OF CAR DO YOU DRIVE? no car

10. FAVORITE SANDWICH? grilled cheese

11. WHAT CHARACTERISTIC DO YOU DESPISE? ignorance, sexism, and racism...I cannot choose which of these is the worst

12. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING? right now it's my wedding dress

13. IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD ON VACATION, WHERE WOULD YOU GO? Vienna

15. FAVORITE BRAND OF CLOTHING? realistically it's Max Studio...in my fantasy life it's Balencia

16. WHERE WOULD YOU RETIRE TO? NYC, or a New England Coastal town

17. WHAT WAS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY? the one that stands out the most was when I turned 10 and I got a lime green "boom box" and Madonna's True Blue on tape

18. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? baseball

19. FURTHEST PLACE YOU ARE SENDING THIS TO: my blog is global baby

21. PERSON YOU EXPECT TO ANSWER: n/a

22. FAVORITE SAYING? "Quick Batman, our outfits" (I say this anytime my bubs and I have to get on our jackets at the same time)

23. WHEN IS YOUR BIRTHDAY? August 20

24. YOU A MORNING OR NIGHT PERSON? night, I guess...though I am a day person, night and morning I am sleepy

25. WHAT IS YOUR SHOE SIZE? 7

26. PETS? best puppy in the world, Scribble

27. ANY NEW AND EXCITING NEWS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US? my 3rd art book is available in my shop

28. WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE? an actress

29. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? sleepy and stuffed up (my nose)

30. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CANDY? no candy, but I will gladly take cake

31. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FLOWER? tulips or any kind of orchid

32. WHAT IS A DAY ON THE CALENDAR YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO? April 9

33. WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME? Jennifer Anne Gordon Parker Gordon (soon to be -Cousineau), like a soap opera lady

34. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Flogging Molly

35. LAST THING YOU ATE? frozen pizza

36. DO YOU WISH ON STARS? when I can see them through the smog

37. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? cerulean (is that a crayon color?)

38. HOW IS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW? cloudy, cold, flurries

39. FAVORITE SOFT DRINK? sugar free red bull

40. FAVORITE RESTAURANT? Fiesta Jalisco

41. SIBLINGS? no, but I was supposed to be a twin...

42. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR? December 24

43. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD? barbies and all my books

44. SUMMER OR WINTER: Fall

46. COFFEE OR TEA? coffee

47. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? yes

48. DO YOU WANT YOUR FRIENDS TO E-MAIL YOU BACK? always!

49. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Thursday

50. WHAT IS UNDER YOUR BED? some socks

51. WHO IS THE FRIEND YOU'VE HAD THE LONGEST? Aaron

53. FAVORITE SMELL? that first time you smell that fall is coming

54. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? 1) not being able to breath 2) Spiders 3) sickness

55. SALTY OR SWEET? sweet

56. HOW MANY KEYS ON YOUR KEY CHAIN? 4 or 5

57. HOW MANY YEARS AT YOUR CURRENT JOB? um, a little over 1

58. FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK - Sunday

59. HOW MANY TOWNS HAVE YOU LIVED IN? 5

60. DO YOU MAKE FRIENDS EASILY? yes

Petite Heights Sunday March 9, 2008 (a very "etsy" petite heights)

2008-03-09T07:32:00.001-04:00

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art- keith cousineau
story- keith cousineau and jennifer gordon

another day

2008-03-06T08:02:00.002-05:00

morning!

sorry for the lack of blog yesterday, I really intended on a celeb letter yesterday but then got caught uo with packaging and then most of the day was filled yet again with little doggy drama.

Scribble had to go in for shots yesterday so he was a mess when he came home, groggy and clingly...later in the day my bubs and I decided we should cut his nails while he was still out of it...yes he hates it but we figured we should do all the bad stuff in one day and get it over with.

Well while cutting his nails he freaked, lots of scared whimpering. It was hard to watch and my poor bubs who was cutting his nails was dealing with that and wrestling him into place. To keep him calm I gave him a special training treat that he likes to lick....so he was nervously licking and licking when all of a sudden....another tooth fell out.

The poor beast is falling apart.

so once all that was said and done he just wanted to cuddle and frankly so did I, I will be honest.

Oh and for the record....my blog will not just become "cute things my dog does" stories, well...sometimes it will but not always, I do have some self control so will try my hardest not to add funny text to my pictures of le pup.

photos today are some of my newer pieces listed yesterday in my etsy shop, today I will once again be working on some more art cards, you see I had them stocked up but seeing as people get an art card with every purchase of my book, they dwindled fast.

ok....and on book news, book #2 has already sold half it's print run, so that means there will only be 10 more printed of this volume, so those of you who might want it, let me know to hold one or snag it now. Book 3 is already put together and will be coming out soon too, I am stifling the urge to release it right away, I am always so excited about them that I can hardly keep it all in.

ok, now to work, to work.

hope you are all having a god day, it's going to be almost 45 here today...I can feel spring aching it's way back into my life.

xoxo

How To Raise a Neurotic Dog

2008-03-04T07:37:00.004-05:00

morning....so I could not decide what I wanted to title today's post, it was a toss up between the above title or "I need meds". Either one works so I figured just choose one and move on.

**please note that I have never owned a dog....so the "dog thing" is still very new to me

ok so last night while having the dog out of his crate everything was going fine, play, play....pat the dog, play with the dog...you know the usual.

My bubs was on the phone with his mom and little Scribble jumped up on sofa next to me cuddled in close and seemed to be eating something or playing with something. My first reaction is always the same, get whatever he has away from him in case it's poison or sharp, or something that belongs to me.

So when I reach to down to get it I realize...it's a tooth, a dog tooth and there is blood on it.

I FREAK

I scoop Scribble up in my arms and hustle to Keith were I am mouthing and panicking the words "get of the phone" and "Scribble's hurt"...I believe I even said "we need to take him to the hospital".

My bubs is calm....he is saying things like "he seems fine" and "dogs loose their baby teeth I think"

it was the "I think" that had me nervous, I had not read anything about this.

Now when this happened it was about 9:30 and too late to call our vet...so in panic I say to my bubs, call Steve (a friend who was a vet tech), now I am not thinking right and normally I know his number by heart but when my bubs asks I cannot remember, I think it's 555-4565 (made up number), nope not it, well try 555-4525, nope, how about 554-5425, still no....

AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHH

At this point it has only been a couple minutes but in dog time which is similar to Jenn's Panic Time...it feels like forever, and I am still pacing in circles with my dog clutching him to me.

So I give Scribble to my bubs and say "take care of him"

I bolt upstairs to the internet to 1- Send Steve an emergency email, 2- look up a phone number for an emergency vet, and 3- find out if dogs loose their baby teeth

so with a million windows open on the computer I find first that yes....dogs do lose their baby teeth most when they are 4-6 months old (Scribble is 5 months)

This calms me down and I head back downstairs to tell my bubs that yes, Scribble is alright.

I get the words out and then immediately burst into tears and start sobbing...my bubs is kind and understanding to my meltdown, he nows how rarely I get attached to living creatures and this is why....he gives me back Scribble so I can hold him and sob (poor dog) and Scribble right now is shaking a little and nuzzling into my neck, I think trying to make me feel better.

I sob for about 10 minutes and then me, my bubs and the puppy are all fine, I stress eat some ice-cream and then we go to bed.

yup, so that was my night, how was yours??

ok, got to go take a shower and do some work and then head off in the pouring rain to go vote.

xoxo
j

weekend adventure

2008-03-03T07:42:00.002-05:00

morning y'all (in my head I sound like Miley Cyrus when I say that...and for the record I am counting the minutes until she has an epic Disney Girl breakdown like La Lohan or Brit Brit)

how were your weekends??

Ours started sometime around 3:45am on Friday morning when we woke from a sound sleep to a crashing scrapping peeling sound, it was odd, and we could not place it, like something had been destroyed, not since the mean cheese broke our first tv by tearing it off the stand had I heard such a commotion.

My first thought of course was....what the hell did Scribble do? and How did he get out of his crate?

after the loud noise we heard nothing, no do bark, nothing.

so I got out of bed and headed downstairs to investigate, my poor bubs had to work in a few hours and I knew if he got out of bed he would just make coffee and stay up the rest of the night that is just how he is, so with that I headed downstairs.

about halfway down the stairs I think to myself....I hope no one is breaking into the house...see you would think that the dog would bark if something like that happens, but no, not with Scribble.

UPS can bang at the door, and not a peep out of him, our landlord comes over to fix something and not a single bark or whimper. Yet, when I tiptoe by his covered crate with so much as a single thin mint Girl Scout Cookie, the dog will bark until next Tuesday.

Anyway I digress....I go downstairs and inventigate, check on the dog who is awake but shaking still safely in his bed.

Nothing seems amiss, I tend to calming the puppy and head back to bed, where my bubs is fully awake and saying he is going to get up.

NO!!!

so we decide to read, each our own books until we are sleepy enough for bed.

the night goes on without incident.

My bubs leaves for work also without incident. Later in the day when he is home we decide to go to SPACE (small press and alternative comics expo) so I can have Dave Sim sign my preview copy of Glamorpuss (best book ever), as we are leaving we decide tor eally investigate outside, to see what the commotion was the night before.

Well, lo and behold we notice that a ton of our siding under our awnings was ripped off in the wind the night before, some of it is clear off the house, and then there is "the dangle" of the remaining pieces.

um, what the hell....now the front of our house looks all ghetto with missing siding and a dangle.

thank baby jesus we rent this old house....so hopefully this will be fixed soon, before bats, birds, and other creatures make their home in the gutted awning.

The rest of the weekend was spent going to SPACE again on Sunday as well as some trips to another small comic convention here in town, it was a geektacular weekend.

Most importantly I tried my hardest not to obsess over etsy this weekend and just enjoy our time, and it worked.

though, I am way behind in all I have to do today (as usual) so this will be it for a while. I may not be blogging tomorrow it really depends on the day, I need to get out and vote tomorrow (yay...I have had voters envy since the New Hampshire Primary)

xoxoxo
j

Petite Heights Sunday March 2, 2008

2008-03-02T06:27:00.002-05:00

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art- keith cousineau
story - keith cousineau and jennifer gordon

Does this mean winter is over??

2008-03-01T07:50:00.003-05:00

Happy March 1st!!

Thank god February is over, though this month in many ways has been amazing for me, it's also been very, very stressful and cold, and icy. So, seeing March finally be upon us, well....I could not be happier.

March is a big month...we now have only about 6 weeks until the wedding which means I NEED to get my dress altered ASAP, it also means I need to start working out again no matter what. You see having this puppy has f-ed with my whole schedule, puppy time takes up the time I would have been blogging or working out...and my workload has been so high that working out when I should be working, well....could not happen.

Now, I have been running with the dog and dancing while playing with the dog so I have not been overly sluggish so I am not feeling too guilty.

This month also brings about the mean cheese's birthday AND one of my bubs and I's many anniversaries....yup it will be 4 years since the "official" beginning of our relationship, not really counting the months of grey area before that or the 12 years of on again off again pain and suffering.

Also this month I must (MUST) finish my taxes...ugh

so with all of this in front of me (minus the taxes) I am hoping that things will seem a touch brighter, you see this awful weather and almost constant darkness has taken a bit of a toll, the seasonal depression has been plaguing me and all I ever want to do is sleep, though the fact that my bubs and I have been collectively sick for a while does not help either.

Anyway, I am determined to do it all, work a lot, blog, exercise, take care of the puppy and do my taxes...also enjoy life....that needs to be in there, because my bubs and I have the tendency not to do that, we go through life, we work, we work...we enjoy each other, but there is always this pressure about needing to be working, well I am really hoping that with spring, that we will stop and smell the roses again.

ok, now to work, to work.....

picture today is of several new art cards, some have already been listed, some already sold.

xoxo
j

and the survey says...

2008-02-27T08:14:00.003-05:00

————10 years ago————–
1998

1.) How old were you? 22

2.) Where did you go to school? New Hampshire Institute of Art, for photography and then very quickly switched to acting

3.) Where did you work? Gloria Jeans Gourmet Coffee

4) Where did you live? Goffstown NH, technically it was Pinardville

5.) Where did you hang out? various bars, and the mall

6.) How many tattoos did you have? 2

7.) What car did you drive? no driving....scary bad

8.) Had you been to a real party? yes, lots and lots

9.) Had you had your heart broken? yes, lots and lots but by only one person and I reciprocated.

———–5 years ago———–

2003

1.) How old were you? 27

2.) Where did you go to school? was about to go back to school to study Art History and English at University of New Hampshire (Manchester)

3.) Where did you work? Art 3 Gallery

4.) Where did you live? Bedford NH

5.) Where did you hang out? Palace Theater, various bars especially the Stage Door in Manchester, Portsmouth...lots of bars there, Poco's especially.

6.) Did you wear glasses? nope, I was still pretending I could see

7.) Who was your best friend? Aaron, Lisa, and Sharon

9.) How many tattoos did you have? 3

10.) How many piercings? 1

11.) What car did you drive? no driving, bad and scary...though I was trying, I owned a vintage Volvo 240s, my dream car

12.) Been to a real party? lots and lots

13.) Were you Single/Taken/Married/ Divorced? tail end of a bad marriage

————2 years ago————–

2006

1.) How old were you?: 30

2.) Where did you go to school?: no school but was trying to teach myself french and ASL

3.) Where did you work? Midgard Comics, I owned it

4.)Where did you live? Columbus OH, ghetto apartment

5.) Where did you hang out? comic shop....I owned it, well it owned me

6.) Did you wear glasses? yes, I stopped pretending I could see

7.) Who was your best friend? my bubs

8.) How many tattoos did you have? still 3

9.) How many piercings did you have? still 1

10.) What car did you drive? no driving, scary bad. I am a born pedestrian

11.) Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced?: taken...very taken

—————–Today—————

2008

1.) How old are you? 32

2.) Where do you go to school? Perezhilton.com

3.) Where do you work? from home in my studio

4.) Where do you live? Westerville OH, giant 100 year old house, it's fabulous

5.) Do you wear glasses? yup, I rock that sexy librarian thing...minus the sexy and librarian

7.) Do you talk to your old friends? sometimes

9.) How many tattoos? still 3

10.) What kind of car do you have? sigh...NO CAR

11)Have you had Your heart broken? not in a long time

slowly

2008-02-26T06:49:00.003-05:00

morning

well I am slowly returning to "normal", being the featured seller was a short but wild ride and I am still digging out from the massive amount of orders in a short period of time, I would be done but having the mean cheese this weekend ensures that very little work can get done, couple that with a horrible cold on my part....well sadly things have been miserable.

Shop news!

ok things in my shop that are "new", I do have lots of new originals that went up around the time of being featured seller, I also have some new reproduction prints, many of my reproductions that I already had are sold out, or close to being sold out, so if there were ones you wanted snatching them up now might be a good idea, as some of the designs are really close to vanishing.

Mixed Emotions volume I is completely sold out of it's limited run of 20 books, of you missed out on the book I am very sorry, though....Mixed Emotions volume II is currently available, and this one is just as beautiful, please feel free to send me a convo or email if you want to know which pieces are included I do have a thumbnail pic, I know other people like to be surprised so I did not want to post it here.

Supplies....I have gotten more vintage optical lenses and I still have some old keys and more old letters will be added soon, currently I am totally in love with anything with optical lenses AND keys, combine the two and I am in heaven.

ok, so how are all of you?? I will be honest and say that life after being the featured seller has had that day after Christmas feeling, there is a bittersweet relaxation to it being done, but that anticipation and rush of excitement are gone, and I would be a liar if I said I did not miss it, though now it's time to focus on feeling better and the puppy and my poor bubs who is also sick.

Petite Heights Sunday February 24, 2008

2008-02-24T07:16:00.003-05:00

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art - keith cousineau
story - keith cousineau and jennifer gordon

so..............

2008-02-21T06:50:00.003-05:00

Good morning.

so as many of you know by now, the reason for my most recent absence from my blog is that I have been named the featured seller on etsy.

I got the news late last week and then started preparing right away.

I wanted to say right now that I am so happy, it's strange, I never thought it would happen to me, but it did....

very surreal.

anyway if you have not gotten the chance head over to etsy and read my interview.

For those of you who have sent me convos and emails, thank you so much, I never expected such a response from people, I have to say that is truly my favorite part of this whole thing.

I will probably not be blogging again until Petite Heights on Sunday, but then back to normal next week.

xoxo
jenn

a conversation between me and my blog

2008-02-19T07:06:00.002-05:00

me- so...how are you? I'm sorry I haven't been around much

blog- whatever, it's no big deal

me- no I really am sorry, I can tell your mad

blog- I'm not mad, I just feel like whatever we had...it's over

me- it's not over, I just have a lot going on right now

blog- and there's no room for me

me- I didn't say that, I'm here right now, right?

blog- out of guilt

me- not out of guilt, I missed you.

blog- really

me- yeah, of course I did

blog- I missed you too

me- things will get back to normal you'll see, it's just been a rough couple of weeks, the puppy was sick and things are busy at my shop, hey...I'm planning a big shop update, later today and tomorrow.

blog- really? that sounds cool, and you're letting me in on it first.

me- of course I am

blog- so we're good.

me- yeah, we're good.

****sorry, I am insane. In all seriousness, there are lots of cool things coming to my shop, including, new originals, new art cards, new prints, new collage blocks...and even...Mixed Emotions II, seeing as Mixed Emotions I is almost sold out. keep checking back over the next few days and you will see it all.

Petite Heights February 17, 2008

2008-02-17T09:40:00.002-05:00

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art - keith cousineau
story - keith cousineau and jennifer gordon

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!!!!!!!

2008-02-14T07:19:00.002-05:00

Good Morning!

Happy Valentine's Day to you all!!!

I know there are lots of Valentine Humbugs out there but you must forgive me, I love, love...so this is one of my favorite days.

I was not always like this remember I did survive a disaster of a first marriage so I too have had plenty of "I hate Valentine's Day" moments.

Now...it's not that keith and I are doing anything special, remember he works is a nice restaurant, where tonight they have over 400 reservations, so by the time he gets home he will be tired, but he will be home, with me...and that my dear friends is why Valentine's this year is wonderful!

Are you all doing anything romantic???

oh, before I forget...my book....I am very quickly running out of them as I decided to do only a print run of 20 on them to keep them rare and collectible.

I am on book 16 now, so if you are interested I would snatch them up.

ok sorry to post and dash but I hear a puppy barking like a lunatic downstairs AND I have some work to do today as well as a Valentine to make.

I also posted a new piece in my shop, that I just love, it is called "The Ghost on Nantucket Island"

random survey

2008-02-13T07:02:00.003-05:00

ok so it's wednesday so I should be writing to a celeb but I am not feeling like I have anything to say to any celebrities right now, so in lieu of that...it's random survey time.

(which I stole from Tara)

1. Are you taller than your best friend?
I don’t think so.

2. Do you have a favorite type of pen?
ones that do not run out of ink when I am trying to use them

3. Look at your planner for March 8th, what are you doing?
no planner...I have a calendar, why...are you asking me out for March 8th? If you are I should tell you now, I am engaged.

4. What color are your toenails usually?
toe nail color

5. What was the last thing you highlighted?
no idea

6. What color are the curtains in your bedroom?
they are Batman curtains....yes, I am a 12 year old boy :)

7. What color are the seats in your vehicle?
in our van they are grey

8. Have you ever had a black and white cat?
yes, her name was snowhite and I had her when I was very little before the allergies got too bad.

9. What is the last thing you put a stamp on?
rent

10. Do you know anyone who lives in Wyoming?
I don't think so

11. Why did you withdraw cash from the ATM the last time?
monday

13. Can you spell well?
I can spell okay, but I cannot type very well at all....so most spelling mistakes are typos

14. Do you like Cinnamon toothpaste?
Yes.

15. What kind of car were you driving 2 years ago?
no driving...BAD

16. Pick one: Miami Hurricanes or Florida Gators:
um, I think this is sports, but I will say gators because I like wild beasts

17. Last time you went to Six Flags?
2002 or 3

18. Do you have any wallpaper in your house?
No.

19. Closest thing to you that is yellow?

post it note stuck to my monitor

20. Last person you gave a business card?
I ran out of business cards months ago...at a show

21. Who is the last person you wrote a check to?
landlord, rent

22. Closest framed picture to you?
miniature custom aceos by Gillian Smith

23. Last time you had someone cook for you?
last night

25. How many emails do you get in your inbox daily (excluding spam)?
average between 100-200 a day, sometimes a little more or less

26. Last time you received flowers?
my birthday (in august) from my friend Diana

28. Do you play air guitar?
No.

29. Has anyone ever proposed to you?
Obviously.

30. Do you take anything in your coffee?
milk and sugar or sugar substitute

31. Do you own any Willow Tree figurines?
I don't know what those are but I do like Willow Trees, and Willow from Buffy if that helps

32. What is/was your high school’s mascot?
a Blue Knight (lame, I know)

33. Last person you spoke to from high school?
weird aaron (phone), or my bubs I knew him in highschool but he was older than me, or Ben (via email)

34. Last time you used hand sanitizer?
if I am at a comic convention I use it all the time, but here I do not

35. Would you like to learn to play the drums?
No

36. What color are the blinds in your living room?
beige with a little dust

38. Last thing you read in the newspaper?
about a friend who is a special effects artist and the movie he is working on. I rarely read the real paper, this was the artsy paper here, and it was a while ago

39. What was the last pageant you attended?
um....none, though I will cop to watching the Miss Universe Pageant and the Miss Teen USA Pageant.

40. What is the last place you bought pizza from?
Little Ceasars.

41. Have you ever worn a crown?
do tiaras count?? because yes, yes I have

42. What is the last thing you stapled?
when I made mirror and matchbook packs for my shop before Christmas

43. Did you ever drink clear Pepsi?
no

44. Are you ticklish?
painfully so

45. Last time you saw fireworks?
last 4th of July, I could see them when we were driving home

46. Last time you had a Krispy Kreme doughnut?
yuck

47. Last person that im’d you, and you actually responded?
I don’t IM.

49. Do you have a black dog?
Is this a racist question....what difference should it make? lol, actually yes Mr Scribble is black

51. Are you an aunt or uncle?
not by blood

52. Who has the prettiest eyes that you know of?
mine

53. Last time you saw a semi truck?
The other day.

54. What is the last song you belted out in the car?
Jackson, by Johnny and June Cash

55. Do you have a little black dress?
yes, a have dresses and they are black, no I do not have a little black dress in the Audrey Hepburn sense of the word.

Dum Dum De Dum...Part 2 - The Dress!

2008-02-12T07:27:00.000-05:00

morning!

so I am a wee bit groggy this morning, you see last night my friend Diana and I went out and braved the very very cold to looking for wedding dresses...

as you can see from the photos.

now, those of you following my blog will notice that it is not the original dress that I had wanted, well sometimes things change, and for the better.

you see I tried on a ton of dresses....and damn wedding wedding dresses for running so small it really gave me a complex about my body...but whatevs...

anyway, I tried on the original dress and it was beautiful, very princess and lovely....but, standing there in front of a jillion mirrors looking like a princess, I realized. I am not really a princess type of person, am I??

Wearing that original dress was wonderful and it liiked beautiful, but it looked like a costume, like I was dressing up for Halloween.

But when I tried this dress, that I originally did not care for in the photos or on the hanger...

well it was a f-ing Cindarella moment, first of all, the dress fit beautifully, seriously the only thing I am going to need altered is the hem.

The line of the dress has a very slight Asian feel...it's subtle, but it makes me feel like old Hollywood glamor and less of a fairy princess....and most importantly it seems very wearable.

My friend Diana made a great point, that first beautiful dress was also amazing, but my figure was lost in it, drowning in layers and layers of fabric...which I think it what I wanted it for....but this new dress, well you see my figure in it, which is good, right?

(low self esteem creeping in)

It comes with a little caplet/shawl and I went for the old Hollywood gloves.

now.....I need to get back there ASAP for the alterations appointment which means I need shoes and all my under dress wear...pronto!

so there you have it.

After trying on a ton of dresses we decided to have a late dinner and some wine, so this morning I am sleepy, and cold....

even though I am sleepy and cold I have to resist all urges to run in the other room and put on the dress...and sit here, and read blogs...

I think I am going to want to do this every day until the wedding.

the mean cheese - scribble war

2008-02-11T07:14:00.000-05:00

good morning

how were all of your weekends???

well this weekend we had the lil mean cheese and it was her first full weekend with the puppy and let me just say this....it was a loud weekend.

By the end things were "more normal" but there were times....oh man.

now the cheese and scribble were great with each other, all things considering, the mean cheese was only rough with him a couple times, pulling his tail and once shoving the little guy....but she does not really "understand" but we are trying to make her.

lil scribble pup was good with her, he never snapped or barked, even when for 2 hours she taunted the poor beat in his crate while we he was trying to sleep...when we tried to take her away from him she would yell at the top of her lungs...which proved to be most upsetting for the dog and the humans of the house.

so....by the time last night rolled around we had a very tired little puppy and 2 equally tired puppy parents.

That was primarily the weekend, you see it is really cold here, like single digits and harsh wind....so it feels much below zero and it is too cold to do anything, and of course today I ran out of cocoa....you see I was having double the cocoa this weekend to beat the cold, and the screaming stress tends to make me head for sweets.

So today I must get down to work, I have lots of things I want to make and last week was filled with commissions so it was hard to build up more stock for my shop.

plus I am trying to work on something special for jody....it's like nothing I have ever tried before, so wish me luck.

I am hoping later today to have a couple new prints for my shop as well, which I am excited about.

Petite Heights Sunday February 10, 2008

2008-02-10T07:21:00.000-05:00

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art - keith cousineau
story - jennifer gordon and keith cousineau